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8 hrs ago | TheBlaze.com

Power to the Parents: The Fight for Home-School Rights

Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine 's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of - and Progressive attacks on - home-schooling. What she found was, despite a history of proven great accomplishment in the home-education movement, the Left continues to wage war on home-schoolers. And these attacks aren't ... (more)

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Related Topix: Education, Kids, Family, US Politics, US News

10 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Whitmore Charter High in Ceres wins honor

In a meeting room, teens, teachers and parents huddle in small clusters around a long U-shaped table.

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Related Topix: Ceres, CA, Education

14 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Johnston: Ask former 'customers' how to improve public schools

The recent Athens Banner-Herald story headlined "A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler" prompts me to call for those who wish to improve education in our public schools to take heed of the concepts emphasized in that story.

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Related Topix: Education, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

The State

School choice fails in S.C. Senate

A state economic advisory board estimated how many students would take advantage of tax deductions in state Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Education, Education Etc.

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Rep. Jorgenson says Iowa lawmakers have tentative education deal

Republican Rep. Ron Jorgenson of Sioux City says Iowa legislators have a tentative education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Education, Webster County, IA, Harlan, IA

Free Republic

Former US Secretary of Education Asks: Is College Worth It?

With the cost of higher education skyrocketing, student loan debt growing, and youth unemployment persistently high, a former United States Secretary of Education asks "Is College Worth It?" In Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education, William J.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Family, Kids, Education, Hillsdale College, Grove City College

The Tennessean

Measure won't infringe on rights

When I decided to home-school my son, I knew it would have tremendous benefits and immeasurable impact on the person he would become.

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Related Topix: Education

The Gazette

James Q. Lynch wrote a new blog post: Iowa House leader confident...

A key legislative leader on education reform is "very optimistic" a conference committee working out differences between lawmakers and the governor will reach consensus today.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Education, Kids, Family

Tue May 21, 2013

EurekAlert!

Home schooling: An option being discussed

Dr Goiria has produced a thesis in which she analyses the juridical situation of home schooling, a social reality that lacks legal regulation in the Spanish State.

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Related Topix: Education

Mon May 20, 2013

The Gazette

Opinion Staff wrote a new blog post: Not a deal-breaker for larger reform

Two weeks after the legislative session initially was to conclude, legislators reconvened this week in the hopes of reaching an agreement on a few key issues.

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Related Topix: Education, Iowa, Kids, Family

Fri May 17, 2013

Marshall County Tribune-Courier

FBLA wins award of $5,000 for Marcella's Kitchen

Marcella's Kitchen will be receiving $5,000 in its coffers thanks to an award from the Lead to Feed Program, and the efforts of a home-school chapter of the Future Business leaders of America.

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Related Topix: Education

WTCA-AM Plymouth

PHS Graduation Rate Continue to Increase

Graduation rates from high schools all across the state of Indiana rose some 2 percentage points topping off at 88.6 percent for the 2011-2012 school year.

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Related Topix: Education, Plymouth, IN

ABC News

German Home Schoolers Denied Asylum

Uwe Romeike works with Lydia, Josua and Christian during their home schooling session in the dining room of their home in Morristown, Tenn., on April 2, 2009.

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Related Topix: Education, Morristown, TN, US News, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

WGRZ-TV Buffalo

Holy Angels Academy Reaffirms Decision to Close

The Holy Angels Board of Trustees and The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart said that despite the "considerable effort and enthusiasm" to try and find a solution, the all-girls private school will be closing at the end of the year as announced two weeks ago.

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Related Topix: Education

Thu May 16, 2013

Townhall

Robert Morrison: Presidential Preference: The Romeikes and Imam Rauf

President Obama is suffering the not untypical reality of Second Term blues, or blahs.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Education, Angela Merkel, Opinion

Jacksonville Daily News

Homeschool Fair to be held

A growing interest in home-schooling has kept an annual event offered by the Onslow County Public Library a popular one.

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Related Topix: Education, Onslow County, NC

Wed May 15, 2013

The Nation

Govt backs down on schools

Bowing to public uproar and opposition from civic groups and critics of a policy to close small-sized government schools, the Education Ministry has agreed to set up a joint committee, which would include representatives from civic organisations, to look into the issue.

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Related Topix: Education, Thailand, World News

WLNE-TV Providence

Bombings kill at least 9 in Iraq

A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Education, Explosion

Loudoun Times

Home schooling on the rise in Virginia

Amy Wilson says she didn't choose home schooling; her son did. "My son chose home schooling when he was about 3. I didn't realize that's what was happening at the time.

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Related Topix: Education, Virginia, Education Etc., Fairfax County, VA

KTEN-TV Denison

Syria rebels attack Aleppo prison; Internet back

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at... The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Education, Death Penalty