The wonderful administrator over at BlogNetNews.com put together our homeschool community page and it is now live!
Unfortunately, at present I know about as much about what you can do with it as you do. Unless you are Judy from Consent of the Governed who edits the Connecticut blogs. She knows way more than [...]
Because there is anecdotal evidence that not all teachers are providing adequate instruction in our common schools, I hereby introduce the following bill. As I did the research for this bill I was shocked not only by the fact that situations like this can and actually do occur in public schools, but that there [...]
Speaking before the education committee during in defense of LB 1141 which would place heavy restrictions on homeschooling in Nebraska, Senator Schimek said a number of things we have heard before. Nothing new to those of us who have been homeschooling and have had the opportunity to discuss it with those who disagree, but [...]
I have several pages of notes, and to the many people coming here right now searching for information about LB 1141’s hearing in the education committee, feel free to ask any questions about what happened and I will try my best to answer. I may post a summary of quotes later (tomorrow?), because there [...]
Here is my testimony as it is currently written. Many interesting thoughts for future posts, I think. I had some difficulty with this, as I was writing this more with my “teacher hat,” relying on my preparation by the public system to work in the public system, noting problems which even those who [...]
I know there is a great deal of research out there supporting the “better late than early” philosophy, but I am coming up with almost nothing on searches.
This is, of course, inevitable since I am away from home on a different computer and trying to prepare a written testimony for tomorrow’s hearing.
I have found a [...]
Tuesday, February 26, the Nebraska legislature’s education committee will be considering four bills, among them LB 1141, the anti-homeschool legislation we are working against. Senator Schimek has already begun talking about compromise, and I am not sure exactly what to think of that:
1) Does she recognize the bill was a misstep? Is she trying [...]
Via Here in the Bonny Glenn, an interesting post on blogging, motherhood and living in surburbia.
This strikes rather close to home for me, especially as I contemplate how to more efficiently manage my time to take on a project seriously that I have been playing at for years. Add to that a husband who [...]
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