Local students compete in national Science Olympiad
Bismarck Tribune
Local public and homeschool students are participating int the 2012 Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Central Flordia this weekend. The country's 120 top Science Olympiad teams are competing, and roughly more than 2000 students ...

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Prosecutor Drops Charges against Homeschool Dad
Home School Legal Defense Association
The Strauns mutually agreed that homeschooling would be beneficial for Kaitlyn. Unfortunately, because of Kaitlyn's previous agreement, the local prosecutor brought charges against Mr. Straun and challenged the legality of Mr. Straun's homeschool ...

Homeschool Parents' Conviction Appealed
Home School Legal Defense Association
In the fall of 2011 a sheriff's deputy drove up to the Thackers' home to investigate allegations that their homeschooled children were truant. During his visit, the deputy threatened to take the children into custody if the Thackers did not enroll them ...

Compulsory Education: Should parents be allowed to choose not to educate their ...
Greene County Daily World (blog)
In my last post, I argued that if homeschool parents don't want to lose the right to homeschool, they need to keep turning out well-educated children who are academically comparable or even superior to their public-schooled peers.

New homeschool academy in Santa Clarita holds Open House/Info night
Examiner.com
Homeschoolers in Santa Clarita Valley have so many options and opportunities, but there is always room for more and today I'm excited to tell you about a whole new exciting program that will be available to homeschoolers in the fall!

Bradenton's 5 Things to Know Today: May 18
Patch.com
Homeschool graduates hold commencement tonight, the Port Manatee Propeller Club to commemorate National Maritime Day and Manatee County No Kill looking for volunteers. By Toni Whitt 1. Homeschooled students will celebrate commencement tonight at 7 pm ...

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Is Homeschool an Option for You?
TippNews DAILY
Something is failing in many forms of our current education system, and it has nothing to do with whether a child is homeschooled, privately schooled, or publicly schooled.As a culture, we seem to be getting dumber…and that just shouldn't happen.

CORONA: Inland Christian Academy Program homeschool meeting set
Press-Enterprise
Each fall and spring semester, Corona ICAP offers classes to homeschool families at one location, one day a week. Parents can register junior high and high school students for academic and elective courses, while enrolling younger children in hands-on ...

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Homeschool Students Won't Play on Columbia High Teams
Patch.com
Board of Education member Jeff Bennett spoke at length about the benefits for local homeschoolers on team sports. Wayne Eastman said that he saw both sides of the argument, citing "inclusiveness" as one reason to consider permitting home-schoolers to ...

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Home-school standards need more regulation to succeed
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Local school boards have the authority to revoke a homeschool if students don't make progress based on test scores – but those tests in grades 2, 4, 6 and 11 can be taken at home and don't have to be the exams public students take.

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