Archive for December, 2007
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Teenage millionair high-school drop-out
Not so long ago, teen Ashley Qualls lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mom and sister. But with her computer and savvy business sense she made a better life for all of them.
Ashley Qualls doesn’t sound like a typical high school student. Maybe that’s because the 17-year-old is the CEO of a million-dollar business.
Ashley [...]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Homeschool advocate dies in surgery
A sad bit of news, yesterday. Jim Montgomery, the husband of Pat Montgomery, who helped found the Clonlara School and has been a strong advocate for educational freedom here and abroad, died during a bypass operation on the 15th of December. I was not able to find much information at the time of posting, [...]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
The Oregon’s School of Unschooling
Hello! Thank you for visiting our site. We are a new group of non-religious unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers located in Forest Grove Oregon. We love to meet other home educators, so feel free to check out our message boards and introduce yourself. If you would like to get together and chat, check our calendar for [...]
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Lower school leaving age proposed
UK secondary school students have slipped down an international league table of reading and maths standards.
Based on test results in 2006, the UK has lost the top 10 positions it held for both subjects seven years ago.
The most successful countries in reading are South Korea and Finland and teenagers in Taiwan and Finland are [...]
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Will Smith Planning to Start a School
Having immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.
The institution could launch next year, Smith, 39, said Wednesday on Live with Regis & Kelly. He [...]
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Unschooling method grows in popularity
In a world that revolves around structure, more parents nationwide are letting their kids learn without structure, and they say it is working.
“We found out that it was more helpful for him to learn if he got to pick and choose what he wanted to learn,” said Kawai Brown.
Brown prefers the term child-led learning. [...]
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Postcard action for German homeschoolers
Homeschooling is currently illegal in Germany and families who choose to pursue this method of education face court, fines, potential imprisonment and possible loss of custody of their children. Many flee to neighboring countries, but some have also chosen to stay in a fight to allow educational choice for Germany. The Neubronners is one such [...]
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Support in Austria
The following sites are in German (Deutch)
Reportedly, all the page owners speak English so contacting them should be easy for folks not speaking German
homeschooling_austria · Häuslicher Unterricht in Österreich
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschooling_austria/
Die Freilerner!
http://www.diefreilerner.eu/
Praxis und Lehrinstitut Lisa Zickler: Homeschooling
http://www.zickler.net/homeschooling.htm
Leben ohne Schule in Österreic
http://leben-ohne-schule.jimdo.com/
ITdBF
http://jipli.free.fr/oesterreich/
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
A different presentation of German homeschooling
Most of the information I have posted on Germany has focused on the persecution felt by homeschoolers in Germany. In the wake of a few high profile cases, however, there is evidence that public attitude is beginning to shift. There have been a number of positive articles on homeschooling in German newspapers which have looked [...]
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
‘Duck and Cover’ Dec. 2007 LAN Party
[ 28 December , 2007 10:00 to 30 December , 2007 17:00. ] In The Netherlands
Friday, Dec 28, 2007 - 10:00am
3 Days non-stop
Informatie:
The Duck and Cover lan-party is being held in Harlingen on the "industrie terrein Oostpoort" in Harlingen.
Gameservers that we will be hosting:
- Battlefield 1942
- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
- Counter Strike
More about the event,
click ‘image’
