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Entries from June 2008

Suspense Builds in California: Which Way will the Court Go?

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier this year, a California appellate court ruled that parents without teaching credentials had no right to homeschool in that state, then, a few weeks later, vacated the decision and said it would re-hear the case. With the rehearing scheduled for June 23, suspense is building over what the court intends to [...]

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Tags: Law and Politics

Did Parade Magazine Just Slur Homeschoolers?

June 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Parade Magazine Intelligence Report on June 1 offered a brief item about the California appellate court decision denying that California parents have a right to homeschool. Parade quoted only one source in the piece, and that source suggested that homeschoolers aren’t much concerned with a good education:
“If upheld, the California ruling will [...]

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Tags: Law and Politics · Scams and Hustles

A Scientist Blasts Science Education, Calls for What?

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Writing in the New York Times on Sunday, June 1, scientist Brian Greene says
… our educational system fails to teach science in a way that allows students to integrate it into their lives…It’s striking that science is still widely viewed as merely a subject one studies in the classroom or an isolated body of [...]

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Tags: Science