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Friday, September 29, 2006

Court upholds Nazi-era by WorldNetDaily.com

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A new ruling from the European Human Rights Court has affirmed the German nation's Nazi-era ban on homeschooling, concluding that society has a significant interest in preventing the development of dissent through "separate philosophical convictions."

The Strasburg-based court addressed the issue on appeal from a Christian family whose members alleged their human rights to educate their own children according to their own religious beliefs are being violated by the ban.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Hitting the books at home by Sheldon Traver

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While rarely completely isolated, traditional home schooled children are often considered different or strange among students in mainstream classrooms.

However, changes are afoot as more parents break ties with traditional brick and mortar schools and turn to home schooling as a workable alternative. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, these changes are happening at a quicker rate than previously experienced. One study conducted by the governmental agency showed there were roughly 850,000 home schooled kids in 1999 and 1.1 million by 2003.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Campaign to overturn law that jailed homeschool mom By Bob Unruh

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A national homeschool organization with developing influence around the world has called for Americans to contact the Germany embassy to lobby for the right of parents to teach their own children.

The campaign from the Home School Legal Defense Association follows word that since homeschooling never has been legalized in Germany since Hitler banned it, a mother was arrested and detained on such charges.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Blacks take education into their own hands New ground: Once dominated by whites, homeschooling appeals to more African Americans by Leslie Fulbright

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Suisun City parents Benjamin and Tanya Marshall are part of a new homeschooling movement led by African American families fed up with the public school system.

Nine years ago, the couple put their oldest son, Trevaughn, in kindergarten after discussing teaching him at home. When he had a substitute teacher several times in his first six weeks, they pulled him out.

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	News from the Web Full articles can be read by clicking on the links. Friday, September 29, 2006 Court upholds Nazi-era by WorldNetDaily.com Click here to read the full article A new ruling from the European Human Rights Court has affirmed the German nation's Nazi-era ban on homeschooling, concluding that society has a significant interest in preventing the development of dissent through "separate philosophical convictions." The Strasburg-based court addressed the issue on appeal from a Christian family whose members alleged their human rights to educate their own children according to their own religious beliefs are being violated by the ban. posted by Unschoolers Online at 6:53 PM Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Hitting the books at home by Sheldon Traver Click here to read the full article While rarely completely isolated, traditional home schooled children are often considered different or strange among students in mainstream classrooms. However, changes are afoot as more parents break ties with traditional brick and mortar schools and turn to home schooling as a workable alternative. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, these changes are happening at a quicker rate than previously experienced. One study conducted by the governmental agency showed there were roughly 850,000 home schooled kids in 1999 and 1.1 million by 2003. posted by Unschoolers Online at 6:55 PM Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Campaign to overturn law that jailed homeschool mom By Bob Unruh Click here to read the full article A national homeschool organization with developing influence around the world has called for Americans to contact the Germany embassy to lobby for the right of parents to teach their own children. The campaign from the Home School Legal Defense Association follows word that since homeschooling never has been legalized in Germany since Hitler banned it, a mother was arrested and detained on such charges. posted by Unschoolers Online at 6:59 PM Monday, September 25, 2006 Blacks take education into their own hands New ground: Once dominated by whites, homeschooling appeals to more African Americans by Leslie Fulbright Click here to read the full article Suisun City parents Benjamin and Tanya Marshall are part of a new homeschooling movement led by African American families fed up with the public school system. Nine years ago, the couple put their oldest son, Trevaughn, in kindergarten after discussing teaching him at home. When he had a substitute teacher several times in his first six weeks, they pulled him out. posted by Unschoolers Online at 7:02 PM	Archives 09.24.2006 10.01.2006
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