Posted in Arkansas on Apr 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Over at the AHA-Charter Blog, I blogged and commented about this situation. It’s been two years, but the public perception that this is a scam to “pull down money for homeschoolers” is still out there.
A Federal Probe into Arkansas Virtual School is now completed. It was conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and stems […]
Posted in Alaska, States Info/News on Apr 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
In this day and age of many public school-at-home offerings, parents are finding they don’t have to make a trip to the school to give up their rights.An example from Alaska law: AS 14.03.090. Partisan, Sectarian, or Denominational Doctrines Prohibited. Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the […]
Posted in Washington, States Info/News on Apr 9th, 2006 No Comments »
By Melissa Slager, Herald Writer
Published February 16, 2006
snips from: Home schooling falls as alternatives rise
Parent partnership option gains popularity in county
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These Camano Island families are among the dwindling purists. The number of traditional home-schooling families in Snohomish and Island counties has dropped off in recent years as school-sponsored programs have grown increasingly popular.
Home-schooled students […]
Posted in Wisconsin, States Info/News on Apr 9th, 2006 No Comments »
(warning: annoying pop-ups at link)
Home-school enrollment falters –20 years of growth halts; impact of virtual schools felt
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After an enrollment boom of nearly two decades, the number of Wisconsin students in home-based education declined the past two school years.
At 20,741, the total number of home schoolers in 2004-’05 still was far greater than the 966 home-schooled […]
Posted in Studies and Reports on Apr 9th, 2006 No Comments »
PDF file:
NCES report: Homeschooling in the United States: 2003
Statistical Analysis Report
February 2006
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Executive Summary This report represents the latest survey information from the National Center for Education Statistics on the prevalence of homeschooling in the United States. Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 uses the Parent and Family Involvement Survey of the 2003 National […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2006 No Comments »
I thought it would be good with the first post to share what it is that we do at the NCSW list.
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Description
Purpose: This list is created to be a means of informing, documenting and evaluating available information concerning the impact of virtual/charter schools on the homeschooling community. The information that is being documented and cataloged […]
Annette - A homeschool mom in a state with no public school at home programs (yet).
