Homeschooling
The only place to play baseball
Several people have been telling my husband that we should enroll our son in high school because he’s certain to make the baseball team. This isn’t about his need for “socialization” or better academic opportunities. This is about how the only place to play high school age sports is in high school. It’s not that [...]
Because education officials wouldn’t lie
Critics say TEA’s dropout figures mislead public | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Bob Sanborn, who runs a Houston-based education research and advocacy group, said the changes addressed some of his concerns. But, he said, the state still allows schools to get credit for students who never graduate. Students can say they are dropping out to [...]
San Antonio Homeschool Conference
In case you’re wondering what I’ve been doing instead of blogging about education (I really want to get to Perry’s column on community colleges), take a look below. We’re getting ready for our 4th Annual Homeschool Roundup. If you’re in San Antonio on July 28th and have any interest in homeschooling, be sure to drop [...]
Schools and socialization
Hands up if you’re a leader in the playground | Uk News | News | Telegraph Schools have always had them, the sporty all-rounders with lots of friends and the quiet wallflowers who stand alone in the playground. Now, however, teachers are being urged to carry out detailed analysis of how pupils get along, as [...]
Maybe it was an oversight?
Amazing! Not a single “opposing” view of homeschooling in the article. Giving Proper Credit To Home-Schooled – washingtonpost.com Admissions officers accustomed to evaluating class rankings, transcripts and recommendations from professional teachers have long faced challenges in evaluating home-schooled applicants. How much weight should be given to student performance in a class of one or two? [...]
Keeping the playing field “fair”
Where is all the evidence for homeschoolers stacking teams? TSO – homeschool policy It is presumed that a home school team will be composed of children who have a pre-existing relationship of working together on a regular basis. We will require a statement from the coach as to the nature of that relationship. An “all [...]
Regulating Homeschoolers
I made the following post believing it was from a publication by Robert B. Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration. It looks like there is another Rob Reich who is a professor at Stanford and I believe the actual author of the proposed regulations I quoted. I sincerely apologize to Robert [...]
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A newspaper reporter contacted me about doing a story on homeschoolers and socialization and was looking for some homeschoolers to contact. I told her that I would try to contact some families but that many homeschoolers are pretty media shy. I went two for four in finding families willing to be interviewed. I can just [...]
Homeschoolers going to Odyssey of the Mind World Competition
One of our three local homeschool teams placed second at state this past weekend and will be going to the World competition. San Antonio Home Education Resources and Opportunites: San Antonio HERO will be representing Texas at the Odyssey of the Mind World Competition on May 23rd at Michigan State University. The Division III team, [...]
Preventing increases in the rate of deaths among high school students
Given the obscure definitions used by the Texas Education Agency to calculate the high school dropout rate, I can understand why the legislature might feel the need to explicitly define who is a dropout. But I have to wonder about the following requirement: 80(R) HB 3621 – Introduced version – Bill Text: (e) Each school [...]