January 31, 2008 – 6:54 am
The following is a letter from another Nebraska homeschooler to Senator Tony Fulton of the 29th district (South Lincoln). I have been asked by a few people for ideas on how to address senators, which I take as a compliment, but it isn’t something I am exactly well-versed on. I think Jessica does a [...]
January 30, 2008 – 8:53 am
Update: I’ve added some links to other homeschoolers I could find supporting various candidates. For beginning researching candidates, I found OnTheIssues.org to be the most helpful site. You can see a brief summary of how each candidate has voted on specific issues along with some quotes. It isn’t extensive, but [...]
January 29, 2008 – 7:00 am
Position: Homeschools should not be forced to adopt state standards or submit to state testing.
Objection: Raised by “reality check” in the comment section of the Lincoln Journal Star blog.
” If parents are properly homeschooling their children, then a test should not be a problem. “
This argument is appealing on the surface. [...]
January 28, 2008 – 3:59 pm
Several blogs recently have asked their readers to help German homeschoolers put a question before their Chancellor regarding homeschooling. Educating Germany provides pretty clear directions. Home Education Magazine even provided a pictorial tutorial. And Dare to Know has a translation of the letter you would be supporting.
This is sort of a democratic [...]
January 28, 2008 – 3:27 am
As reported last week, LB 1141, a legislative bill which would limit the freedom and independence of homeschooling in education was introduced last week by Senator Schimek of Lincoln. A motion to postpone the bill indefinitely has been filed, and the bill was referred to the education committee. NCHEA has since posted a [...]
January 26, 2008 – 5:01 am
BlogNetNews.com is getting ready to add a new feature to their website especially for homeschooling blogs. It will be similar to the community pages over at Truth Laid Bear, with the exception that these pages are actually working. (Hey! TTLB is working again, too, even if it still only reads some of [...]
January 25, 2008 – 6:53 am
Update 2: Legislative Bill 1141 has been given its first hearing date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
Update: LB 1141 has been referred to the education committee. I will post more tonight, including more contact information, and a little about the senators who will be looking at this bill. Posted! [...]
January 24, 2008 – 7:46 am
California, too, is improving its educational pipeline, or conveyor belt as Life On the Planet so aptly described it.
For example, California will join 30 other states in the American Diploma Project, aligning academic standards from kindergarten to college. This seems like a no-brainer, but as things stand, the education that students receive in one grade [...]
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