National Charter School Watch Blog

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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I just came across this interview dating back to spring of 2001.  I’d like to know if Alaska’s charter school law has changed much since its inception. Perhaps, there have been no major problems over the past seven years, and most are satisfied with the charter school law? 
Northwest Education Magazine
Spring 2001
By Lee Sherman
An Alaska educator urges caution in starting charters
Taking It […]

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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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Over at the AHA-Political Action yahoogroup, we are having quite the discussion. Discussion points range from what is homeschool activism, how does it differ from ps at home activism, what things might we (the two different groups of parents) have in common that would bring us together and what things will always separate us. If […]

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Over at The Eclectic Telegraph is an interesting allegory from the Editor. I consider it worth reading when one has a few minutes to chew it over.
The Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp

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Mary Nix has a post up at Home Education Magazine’s News and Commentary:
Responding to ‘A Look at Homeschooling & Education Choice’
By Terri W. (webring owner of Homeschool Empowerment)

A bit of background information that relates for readers:
A good effort, I believe, was started on behalf of homeschool activism a few months back. Terri W., longtime […]

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Please read the title of this blog entry again. It is a concept that can totally boggle the mind of the homeschool advocate.
In this era of various public school at home programs, things can get mighty confusing in the realm of homeschool activism. While there are many places where there is increasing clarity between what […]

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My new blog post at the American Homeschool Association, ”Homeschooling and Public School-at-Home” blog, is up: “Your Papers, please.” (recently updated)
**snip**
Yesterday, I asked readers to consider whether or not we should care about the answer to the question of “When is a homeschooler not a homeschooler?” In my opinion, the answer to the question is “no.” Surprised by […]

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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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This was first posted at Spunky’s blog. ~Annette
Homeschooling and Public School-At-Home Programs
What do these terms have in common?:

public virtual schools
public cyber charters
home-based charter schools
public e-learning
blended public school programs
These all represent public schooling occurring in the home (ps-at-home). Students who are enrolled in these programs are considered public school students. When the topic of ps-at-home and […]

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