Mar

12

What Should a Homeschooler Do if Contacted by the School District?

Posted by Marye

March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

photo credit: wietse?

Is that the longest title on the internet or what?
People, homeschoolers, are thinking more about the laws and scenarios that they have in a long time.  I think this is ultimately a good thing, as I said, I think we have become complacent over the years from what it was back when […]

Mar

11

More on California

Posted by Marye

March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
I know..you are seeing this everywhere, but it is such an important issue, we need to be aware of every detail in order to make informed decisions!
I read an article on World Net Daily that really detailed what is at stake here.
Understanding that there is abuse in the world,a nd in any system-private or government, […]

Mar

7

Homeschooling Illegal in California? What?

Posted by Marye

March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

Fox news broke the story on the 28 of Feb. but I am only just now hearing about it.  It seems that the state of california has ruled homeschooling illegal unless the parent is a certified teacher.
O.k.
“Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” Justice H. Walter Croskey wrote in a […]

Dec

22

Wake-up call for Homeschoolers…Again.

Posted by Marye

December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

 
Image: CNS News
Reading the internet today I came across another bit of very disturbing news.
Utah Judge Scott Johansen recently ordered, per a bureaucratic paperwork glitch, the removal of a homeschooling mother’s children if she refused to enroll them in public school.
He also threatened her with jail time if they failed to show up […]

Dec

12

Homeschool & Politics

Posted by Marye

December 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

I have been following the various presidential hopefuls with interest. There are a couple that I don’t follow at all, because it raises my blood pressure and makes me feel ill.  I don’t plan on discussing politics overly much here but I did read something interesting …so, thought,  I would share.
I don’t know much about […]

Nov

5

Judge States Homeschooling Is Child Abuse

Posted by Marye

November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Has this replaced the denim jumper as the official homeschool mom uniform?
I used to be in the military. Because of that I am very good with cut downs and all manner of words that you do not wish your children to hear. Since I have become Christian (1983) I have really been delivered of […]