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- Busekros Family Encouraged to Cede Control of Five More Children
By Mimi Rothschild This story continues to break my heart. It’s clear that there are still remnants of Hitler’s oppressive regime lingering in German government. World Net Daily has an update on the Melissa Busekros saga. One of the first things that Hitler did upon achieving political supremacy was create the Ministry of Education. In [...]
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:58:55 +0000 - Steve Jobs Slams Teachers Unions
By Mimi Rothschild CEO of Apple, Inc. Steve Jobs took an opportunity to take a swing at the real problem facing K-12 schools. No, it’s not lagging technology or lack of funds; it’s the simple fact that teachers unions encourage mediocrity. “What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you [...]
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:26:10 +0000 - Adopt a Soldier
One of The Grace Academy students sent us a link to a site that enables families to “adopt” a soldier that is currently defending our freedom in Iraq. You can send them cards and letters expressing your appreciation as well as care packages full of goodies that will surely warm the hearts of our [...]
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:08:38 +0000 - German Government Kidnaps Homeschooler
Last Thursday, a 17-year old German homeschooler was ripped from her family’s arms in Nuremburg, Germany. Melissa Busekros was forcibly removed by fifteen police officers from her home. She was struggling in math and Latin, so her parents decided to tutor her at home. She is currently being held in a child [...]
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:12:24 +0000 - Stay-at-Home Mom Apologetics
Brandy Carrelli lays it down for all the mothers out there who either couldn’t imagine themselves staying at home or scoff at the idea of giving up their second income. “One day, we came up with two simple, non-glorious reasons to have children. Mine: they change every day; never a dull moment. His: it would be [...]
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:20:08 +0000 - Homeschool Brainiac Scores a Perfect
Schuyler Smith, a 13-year-old scored a perfect in the American Mathematics Competition’s AMC-8 test. He also scored perfectly in the math portion of the SAT in 7th grade. Schuyler also was a member of the winning home-school team that swept the 2006 Mathcounts regional competition, and he placed sixth of nearly 1,200 competitors in the [...]
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:33:31 +0000 - Homeschooling on the Rise
The numbers that last week’s Daily Athenaeum boasts are encouraging. According to the National Home Education Research Institute’s Web site, approximately between 1.9 and 2.4 million children were educated at home in the United States during 2005 and 2006. We’re not sure why there’s such a wide gap. A half million students is quite a range. [...]
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:03:12 +0000 - The HSLDA Extends a Helping Hand
A Tennessee superintendent has misinterpreted a homeschooling law and thus sparked the ire of the Home School Legal Defense Association, an advocate group dedicated to ensuring the legality of homeschooling nationwide. Inviting families to contact them for assistance, the HSLDA once again takes an active role in the welfare of homeschoolers. Read more at HSLDA.
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:05:19 +0000 - Homeschoolers Gain Acceptance
Charlotte Hsu chronicles the struggles of homeschoolers to gain mainstream recognition from colleges and public school districts. “We saw this unique opportunity to get some really good students at UCR, being one of the first major public universities to create a published homeschool admissions policy,” added Vahid, who homeschools his three children. “We thought it would [...]
Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:59:47 +0000 - Homeschoolers Meet for Annual Forensics Competition
Joseph Farah’s recent installment of “Reading Between the Lines” sheds light on this year’s National Christian Forensics & Communications Association competition held at Point Loma Nazarene University. Throughout the competition, Christian homeschool teenagers debate about current issues, arguing different sides of an argument, always from a Christian perspective. In public schools across America – and [...]
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