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National Homeschool debate

Washington homeschool growth rate drops to zero

In Helen Hegener's June 25, 2010 HEM commentary, "Outlived Our Usefulness?," she noted the recent name change of The Edmonds...
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Good Morning America host declares unschooling crazy

Good Morning America's host, George Stephanopoulos, opened the segment on unschooling with the statement, "I think it sounds crazy."...
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Radical unschooling misinterpreted by Good Morning America

On Monday, Good Morning America aired a segment on radical unschooling (video). The host, George Stephanopoulos, began by saying, "I think it...
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Alternative Learning Experience students are not legally homeschoolers

Before anyone says, "You can't tell me I'm not a homeschooler," let me quote Jill Bell, Chair of Washington Homeschool...
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Does homeschooling pose a threat to public education?

Jean Reed, in her Home Educator's Family Times article, "Homeschooling and Education," says "Whether we are consciously aware...
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Homeschooling the early years, freedom to play

In Andrew O'Hehir's recent Salon article, "Why our kids don't go to kindergarten," the third in a series on the choice to...
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Homeschoolers don't cost the state schools

"Homeschooling families cost their local school districts and the state of Washington nothing," said WHO board member Emilie Fogle, in...
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Is homeschooling a human right?

All the hullabaloo about the German family who received political asylum as homeschoolers got me thinking. The judge saw Germany’s...
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The economy of compulsory schooling

By compelling parents to send their children to public schools and taking issue with alternatives, the government protects its financial...
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Caricature of homeschooling published in scholarly journal

Joe Carter's January 14, 2009 First Things article, "How Fundamentalist, Patriarchal, Uneducated Homeschoolers Who Live on Tarps in...
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