Comments on: LR 369, studying NE homeschool policy

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:38:48 +0000

I emailed you, but I’ll put it here in the comments as well:

Ah, I see. I write my own curriculum. Since you are filing Rule 12, I’m assuming you want a secular curriculum and not one overly Christian? I’m more familiar with the Christian companies, but can direct you to some people who might be able to help.

If working through a Christian company doesn’t bother you, I’ve heard good things about Sonlight. They due a literature based approach, and 90% of their items actually are secular in nature. I know a lot of secular homeschoolers use their things and just talk about or edit what they disagree with.

If you need more info, let me know and I’ll direct you to some secular homeschoolers who can maybe better answer your questions.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:11:44 +0000

How did you choose your curriculum? Is there a particular vendor you like or someother type of recomendation you recieved to make the choice you made? According to Rule 12 I think I have to offer my kids 5 subject areas.

By: Dana Hanley

Dana Hanley — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:25:49 +0000

According to the NDE it takes a complaint filed from HHS to do this type of investigation. Which I assume falls under neglect.

I would assume so. Normally it does take some complaint filed before the state investigates for anything else, and I don’t know why it should be different when talking about education. They don’t investigate the medical care your children receive unless there is a complaint, nor how you feed them unless there is a complaint.

And as to research, what kind of research? I don’t think those kinds of numbers are available. Some will highlight their own studies based on performance for specific things, such as how well students using their curriculum score on state assessments or the SAT/ACT or the biblical worldview test.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:05:03 +0000

Can anyone give me research based information on homeschool curriculum? What is best, what to stay away from?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:46:58 +0000

According to the NDE it takes a complaint filed from HHS to do this type of investigation. Which I assume falls under neglect.

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:51:06 +0000

Yes, I actually wrote about that in one of my posts, but it isn’t quite as simple as that. A former attorney general opined that it would be unconstitutional for the state to do homes visits and testing of homeschool families without their consent and that all of the private schools would have to be treated the same.

So the Board of Ed never adopted policies to govern this. The law says they “may” not that they “shall.”

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:30:22 +0000

The government of Nebraska already regulates homeschooling, they choose not to. Look into Rule 12 and 13 and you will see that you can be investigated by the NDE for violations of curricular use. It is only a matter of the legislature choosing to enforce it.

By: Alasandra

Alasandra — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:07:07 +0000

Imagine that a group of people who think the government should not involve themselves in every facet of someones life and that they can get along nicely without government aid (LOL)

Good look with the group. I wish you success.

By: Dana Hanley

Dana Hanley — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:45:49 +0000

There’s always someone in every group, Alasandra. Here in Nebraska, we have a new group starting which is looking at supporting candidates who believe government shouldn’t involve itself in homeschooling. More about that once we have a website, though.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:07:17 +0000

“Native Mississippians are a pretty self-reliant lot and don’t depend on the government/anyone else for much”

Katrina, is a perfect example between a free people (Mississippi) and an enslaved people (Louisiana).

Who’s been running which state for xx amount of years? and that will explain much.