Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Unschooler in The Netherlands opting for changes
Dear People, Beste Mensen,
For the past three months i have been researching ecovillages abroad, as i would like to live in an intentional community with my children. So far i haven’t been able to find child-centred communities (except for one community in the UK). (Radical) Unschoolers/Autonomous Educators probably know what i mean! [...]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Maryland: The Bottom Line, A school of their own
In a world where people are constantly complaining about what rights the government actually has, I’m really shocked by the lack of concern over a recent court decision coming out of California. Frankly, I’m even a little worried about what precedents such a ruling may create.
The specific issue that caught my attention deals with a [...]
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Das Interview: Neubronner
Das Interview wurde ausgestrahlt am Dienstag nach Ostern (nicht am Montag wie ursprünglich angekündigt) im Rahmen der Sendung Outlook zwischen 11- und 12 Uhr Deutscher Zeit .
Mittelwelle 648 oder im Internet unter www.bbcworldservice.com/outlook . Hier findet es sich unter Tue für Dienstag.Wenn man auf Tue clickt, öffnet sich automatisch ein Fenster, und die [...]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Michigan: House Bill 5912 introduced
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by amending sections 1561 and 1578 (MCL 380.1561 and 380.1578), section 1561 as amended by 1996 PA 339.
Sec. 1561. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every parent, guardian, or other person in this state having control and charge of a child [...]
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Home Is Where the School Is
During a break in a high school debate tournament not long ago, my 17-year-old son struck up a conversation with a student on the rival team from a New Jersey public school. "Where’s your school?" asked the boy. When my son replied that he was home-schooled, the student probed.
"How do you socialize when you’re at [...]
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Homeschoolers connecting and getting active
Since I first heard of home-education in the year 2006, there seems to have happend quite a bit in Austria in terms of homeeducators finally getting together.
Not all are into natural learning, of course, but despite the legal difficulties some are well convinced in learning at one’s own pace and according to one’s current interests.
There [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Austria, Local News, The NEWS by naka
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Relevant Sections of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980
Relevant sections of The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 Section 28(1) of the Act states: In the exercise and performance of their powers and duties under this Act the Secretary of State and education authorities shall have general regard to the principle that, so far as is compatible with the provision of suitable instruction and training [...]
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Das Interview: Neubronner
Das Interview wird ausgestrahlt am Ostermontag im Rahmen der Sendung Outlook zwischen 11- und 12 Uhr Deutscher Zeit .
Mittelwelle 648 oder im Internet unter www.bbcworldservice.com/outlook . Hier kann es später auch runtergeladen werden.
herzliche Grüße
Dagmar Neubronner
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
UPDATE: Listen to the BBC ‘Neubronner Interview’
LFN Update
The interview has been broadcasted on Tuesday (not Monday as originally planned) in the program "outlook".
Under www.bbcworldservice.com/outlook you can click Tue for Tuesday. Then go to the last third of the controler in the window that will open and listen to the interview with Dagmar Neubronner and to the statement of the [...]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
My So Called Homeschool (blog)
We would fall under the category of not your average run of the mill homeschoolers…..Labels? Who needs them anyway? Pull up a chair get a cup of Joe and sit a spell with our so called homeschool.
Anais Nin once said:We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. [...]
