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Archive for January, 2008

Alaska: Twindly-Bridge Charter School & Homeschooling

Posted in Autonomy, Alaska, Role of the Parent, States Info/News on Jan 16th, 2008 1 Comment »

Although this article is from September 2006, I think it does well in highlighting the parent-directed mentality coming into conflict with public school mentality and regulations.  
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 
Charter School Survives Rough Debut, Looks Toward Smoother Year:
TWINDLY BRIDGE: Parents and School Staff Struggled to Set Roles.
By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska
snip:
Sep. 20–WASILLA — […]

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The Definition Debate?

Posted in AHA: Homeschooling & Ps-at-Home, Wisconsin, Commentaries, States Info/News on Jan 13th, 2008 4 Comments »

When discussions about homeschooling and public school-at-home programs arise, it often becomes focused on defining homeschooling. From a philosophical standpoint, this can be positive or very negative. However, it does not change the fact that public schooling has its own definition already. Public school-at-home programs fall under a public schooling definition. Here is an example of a public school definition for one state.  And […]

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