December 21, 2006 – 2:58 pm
Earlier, I posted about the universal preschool efforts by Virginia. Governor Kaine has just revealed the next step in achieving his goal: universal tracking of Kindergartners. Information will be collected on the child’s pre-Kindergarten education, including: daycare, private or public preschool and home life. Why am I not surprised? I bet KidTrax would be a [...]
December 19, 2006 – 8:45 am
Welcome to the 51st Carnival of Homeschooling, where we are celebrating being a week short of a year. As a Christian and a homeschooler, I am used to being considered a little short on something, so this Carnival will celebrate all those wonderful euphemisms used for those of us who don’t quite fit in. [...]
December 18, 2006 – 1:57 pm
My email box has been flooded recently with a variety of links regarding the inherently violent nature of religion with only one clear conclusion to be drawn: religion is a social ill which needs to be corrected. Or, to use their terminology, a cultural virus to be vaccinated against.
Richard Dawkins equates religious instruction [...]
December 18, 2006 – 9:54 am
I am getting ready to start adding my links back to my template and am toying with the categories I want. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in a link exchange, let me know, either through a comment or an email.
December 17, 2006 – 8:56 pm
This is just a reminder that the Carnival of Homeschooling is still looking for entries for Tuedsay’s carnival. Use this handy submission form and submit your favorite post. Submit your favorite post off your friends’ blogs.
I’ve enjoyed reading the entries so far. I think I finally got through my backlog [...]
December 17, 2006 – 1:42 am
Mississippi has some of the most liberal homeschool laws in the nation, something state Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds would like to change. After all, while homeschoolers may point to famous homeschooled Americans such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Booker T. Washington and others, not every household has a George Washington in their tutelage.
Unfortunately, [...]
December 16, 2006 – 8:11 pm
I’ve been going through updates on the situation regarding homeschooling in Germany and most of them are rather depressing. Another family before the courts. A threatening letter from the state officials. A state which previously viewed homeschooling as illegal, but not threatening to the safety of the children, altering course to become one [...]
December 16, 2006 – 9:56 am
It started with a dream, dedication, and a lot of hard work. The dream was about birds in the forests: cardinals and blue jays, struggling for freedom. “When I woke up, I just couldn’t help it,” she recalls. “I just had to hatch my bird story.” Nancy Yi Fan set aside [...]
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