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If “literalism” means “seeking the plain meaning without exaggeration, distortion, or inaccuracy”, and separating the facts from someone’s ideals, then yes, I would classify myself as a literalist when it comes to seeing the necessity in aknowledging the distinctions between homeschooling and public school-at- home programs.
Many of the statewide homeschool organizations on their […]

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New voucher requirements change private school landscape
Need for accreditation causes some institutions to close, keeps others on drawing board
By ALAN J. BORSUK
Posted: Sept. 19, 2006
snip:: The decisions by two longtime private-school operators not to open this fall in Milwaukee underscore how the precedent-setting private school voucher program is being reshaped. […]

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Schools taking longer look at extended classroom time
BY LEDYARD KING | GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
**snip** WASHINGTON - Demands for more tests and more academic rigor are spurring schools to consider something that makes most students shudder: more time in class:
Massachusetts is paying for longer days at 10 schools this year.
Minnesota is considering whether […]

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What the Public Really Wants on Education : A New Memo by Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Ruy Texeira
snip: There is broad agreement across the political spectrum that the public school system needs to be reformed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The question is: How?
snip: This debate is […]

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Recently, a Gallup poll the “38th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools” was conducted. The poll indicated that the general public prefers to reform the existing public school system rather than finding an alternative to it. The poll also indicated that the […]

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Virtual schools
By Christina Beam
Tuesday September 19, 2006
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Paige, whose mom describes her as a “visual learner,” had difficulty adjusting to the traditional school setting. Now she’s also a virtual learner — this fall she enrolled in an online school out of the Appleton Area School District instead of Baraboo’s Jack Young Middle School — and […]

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For those homeschoolers who would want to redefine homeschooling to include public schooling-at-home, in this article link, this question is posed from the other side of the coin:
“If we redefine public education to include homeschooling, the next logical debate is, why not broaden it to include private schools […]

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School funds again at top of wish list
15 Sep 2006
By Deanna Sheffield News-Gazette Staff Writer
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Hoping to secure more funding to build schools, the Osceola County School Board Tuesday passed a resolution adopting its 2007 legislative priorities through the Osceola Legislative Effort.
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Another dilemma that could be addressed is the Florida Virtual School, which […]

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Oregon Connections Academy said, “Now how high do you want us to jump?” As high as the purse strings was apparently the answer.
At least temporary agreement has been reached between the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Connections Academy concerning the admission policy requiring parents to be “learning coaches”.
On-Line Charter School Will Retain Funding
By Rob […]

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Scio-based Oregon Connections Academy in conflict with the Oregon Department of Education for making parental involvement a criteria for admission.
Oregon virtual charter school faces loss of funds
Associated Press
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PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon virtual charter school which serves hundreds of students is […]

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