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Archive for May, 2008

Over at the NCSW yahoogroup, we’ve been having a discussion about soliciations. Mary Nix took a photo of all the mailings she received for just the year 2002. The picture contains mailings from two virtual schools in Ohio, K12Inc and OHVA. There were more mailings from other virtual schools. Now that these virtual schools […]

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That’s right, we have telemarketers invading our homes and now virtual school recruiters are invading our churches on Sunday.
New online school targets Latinos
iSucceed Virtual High School also seeks to help at-risk kids get ahead
By Jessie Bonner
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 05/18/2008 12:37:43 AM MDT
snip:
BOISE, Idaho - The state’s […]

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Lynn at Homeschool2.0 has a post up about a recent question and answer period the DEED (Alaska’s state education department) held concerning the proposed regulations that would affect in-district programs.  The bottom line of the reasoning for the proposed regulations is the resemblance to the statewide programs and as a way to establish “equity”.  That seems like […]

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At the NCSW yahoogroup and blog, the reader will find a picture of a bridge. The bridge represents to me a bridge of communication that I have been interested in establishing for some time now with those who are involved in public school at home programs. I see homeschool parents at one end of the […]

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