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Illinois, US: School Authorities Give Credit Where Credit is Due

Naperville area homeschoolers negotiated with school authorities, and common sense prevailed. A potential district policy revision demanding that a “district-approved external accrediting agency” certified any homeschool credits and grades transferred onto a public high school transcript was dropped.
The Naperville Sun reports this news from Indian Prairie School District 204’s school board meeting:

D204 compromises on home-school [...]

Illinois: ‘Unschooling’ lets children lead their own education

OAK PARK – There is no such thing as a "typical" unschooler.
"Unschooling means we don’t use a curriculum," said Winifred Haun of Oak Park, an adherent of the method of homeschooling practitioners call "unschooling."
 

"We follow the interest of our children and let them learn that way, when they get excited or interested in something," [...]

  
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