National Charter School Watch Blog

Carlotta points out there is a “big” distinction between elective home education and public virtual schooling.  In the US, I suppose some would consider her to be a “literalist”. This is a good thing, a component of healthy home education advocacy. I wonder if Carlotta has received negative feedback for noting the distinctions?

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I think in the US, we call these students “push-outs”.
Excluded pupils given ‘home’work
By Alex Ali
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EXCLUDED schoolchildren in Brent will be educated by a new virtual school.
The local authority has bought 25 seats from Accipio - a company that specialises in providing education for children with behavioural problems. And the new scheme means for two days […]

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Well, that is if the Indiana Democrats and the state Teachers’ Association has their way.  
State budget could restrict virtual charter schools
Monday, April 16, 2007
By DEANNA MARTIN
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INDIANAPOLIS - Two virtual charter schools were prepared to start teaching hundreds of Indiana students this fall _ but some lawmakers want to stop them from opening their online doors.
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Some […]

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I have more of a handle on what is going on in Vision Schools in Mesa County after finding a file on the Delta County Vision School. This info is from May 2005.
www.i2i.org/articles/5-2005.pdf
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The VISION Home and Community Program (HCP) allows students to study at home and in the community with the aid and resources […]

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Questions about government homeschool programs
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The danger comes when the government attempts to control all home educators - even the independent ones - once enough home educators participate in the government programs. That’s what happened in Alberta. One year the government said, “We want to help you.” The next year they said, […]

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Quote:

The virtual school will provide an out-of-the-classroom education option that supplements or replaces traditional home schooling.

Virtual school: 100 students can take up to seven classes

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A “virtual” school - one where elementary students can take classes online will be offered in the fall through Campbell County School District despite obstacles that […]

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Here’s a link to the law relative to homeschoolers participating in Florida Virtual School.  Florida Virtual School Requirements for homeschool students
UPDATE: This information below is outdated. I’ll be taking time to find out if there is any current relevancy to homeschooled students. This was once posted on a Florida homeschool organization’s website and it is no longer available. Thanks to […]

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A program to help homeschoolers, but legally they won’t be homeschoolers anymore. The students will be the district’s public school students. The Vision School is stated as a “grass-roots effort” started by parents who currently or have home-schooled their children in the past.
Vision School shows model to District 51

By KYLENE KIANG The Daily […]

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Government Funds Come with Strings   (Alberta, Canada) 

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“In Alberta, Canada home schoolers enjoyed more liberty than almost all of the other provinces. Then several years ago, legislation was passed giving home schoolers $500 per child in government funds. The very next year, one of the most regulatory legislative bills was passed, implementing restrictions on home schoolers. […]

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Students begin enrolling in Internet-based school (Kansas)
By JOHN RICHMEIER, Times Staff Writer
Published: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:20 AM CDT
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A dozen students have already enrolled in the new Leavenworth Virtual
School. Director Kevin Lunsford said a total of 20 students have said “yes” to the
program and he anticipates more will be […]

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