December 19, 2007 – 10:48 am
Well, the biggest news in the homeschooling blogosphere is perhaps Spunky’s return, albeit temporary. Want to know more about Huckabee? Check out entries one and two.
The Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at the Common Room.
Via O’Donnel Web comes one of the best articles about fundamentalists and atheists I have read in a long time.
The [...]
December 18, 2007 – 2:11 pm
WorldNetDaily is reporting that a woman in Utah stands on the brink of losing her children as a result of a paperwork mix up that may have been the district’s fault.
A homeschooling mom in Utah has been ordered by a judge to enroll her children in a public school district within 24 hours, and have [...]
December 17, 2007 – 8:55 am
My email box is slowly filling up with article after article connecting presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s sudden rise to significance in Iowa to the organization of homeschoolers. A sampling:
Julie Roe, with characteristic homeschool thrift, is spotlighted in an article from the Washington Post:
With no buttons, no yard signs and no glossy literature from his [...]
December 17, 2007 – 6:06 am
I received a sad bit of news in my inbox yesterday. Jim Montgomery, the husband of Pat Montgomery, who helped found the Clonlara School and has been a strong advocate for educational freedom here and abroad, died during a bypass operation on the 15th of December. I was not able to find much [...]
December 15, 2007 – 7:50 pm
Welcome to Saturday School, my weekly look into the practical side of homeschooling. Feel free to leave a link in the comment section if you have shared any practical ideas recently! This week, I am sharing a quick reading activity to help your child learn about a character in a book. The final result [...]
December 14, 2007 – 9:06 am
Voting for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards ends midnight December 15 Pacific Standard Time. I have been watching closely as Home Where They Belong and Why Homeschool have both been quietly but steadily climbing up the ranks, slowly gathering energy for an eleventh hour challenge to my lead in the Best Current Events, Opinions or [...]
December 13, 2007 – 3:47 pm
Update: It looks like my initial concern regarding the shooter’s religion and his mental health may not have been totally unfounded (emphasis mine):
Gothard’s teachings have been criticized by other conservative Christians who allege that he has deviated from true Bible teaching. He takes a stand against rock music — even Christian rock — and [...]
December 12, 2007 – 5:50 am
Educating Germany has kindly posted the translation of the German High Court’s decision regarding homeschooling. While the family affected is devoutly religious, note that the language does not apply specifically to their religious beliefs. The grounds of endangerment have nothing to do with the physical or emotional well-being of the children in the home.
The mental [...]
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