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Parents’ right to educate by its nature calls for regulation by the state

September 29, 2006 – 3:20 am

Yesterday, I shared an article about the homeschooling case in Germany that was finally heard by the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg. I finally found a link to the actual decision (PDF) by the Court. The Konrads have strong religious convictions and find that school education does not suit their beliefs because [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in Germany | Comments (5)

The Preschool Minute: Phonemic Awareness

September 29, 2006 – 2:39 am

Phonemic awareness is essentially the recognition that our language is made up of unique sounds. A phoneme is the smallest phonetic unit in a language capable of conveying distinction in meaning. For example /s/ and /m/ are different phonemes because they cannot be used interchangeably, ie., sat and mat are two different words. [...]