Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
From early childhood curiosity to early school leaving
[ 13 May , 2008 15:00 to 15 May , 2008 14:30. ]
Dear all,
We have done it!
The effe managed to get a Hearing in the European Parliament,
Just for our colloquium, on Thursday 15th of May.
But not enough…
It will be the Chairwoman of the Cultural and Education Committee herself that will host this hearing
But not enough…
The President of the Education Council will be present as well
But not enough…
Mr. [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Video Games and Parenting, by an unschooled teen
The Problem and A Solution
This two-part essay was written by my unschooled teen son for his Composition I college class. Zach has been radically unschooled for the past five years and relaxed homeschooled prior to that. He’s never been to school except to play clarinet in a band and beginning this last January he decided [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
LFN is seeking volunteers in multiple locations to be the LFNet Coordinator for those locations
We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate their local networks with the International Learning Freely Network.
Coordinators and Contact persons play a very important role toward connecting Natural Learners, Unschoolers and others seeking learning freedom, throughout the world. communication and sharing information are what makes such a network function well.
Interested? Read more
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Coordinators on site publishing now Active again and working
Hello All Coordinators,
The on site mail plugins for WordPress 2.5 are not dependable so messages to the Coordinators group will be posted here (latest on top).
You must be logged in to read these, they are marked "private" not published.
You can comment or write posts in this ‘Coordinators’ category
There had been some problems with on site [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
New Hampshire: Home-School Parents Speak Out Against Oversight Bill
CONCORD, N.H. — Parents of home-schooled children asked lawmakers Tuesday to reject a proposal to increase state oversight of what they teach.
Bill Would Require Home Schools To Submit First-Year Plan
A bill being considered by a House committee would require parents to submit a one-page plan for a home-school student’s first year of education. Supporters said [...]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Support in Austria - Update
Hi,
There are two websites now that are partly or entirely written in English:
Life without School in Austria - Leben ohne Schule in Österreich
About home education in Austria in general, though the focus is on the child-led spectrum.
Unschooling in Austria?
This blog is a mixture of glimpses into a family’s individual life and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Austria, Support Groups by naka
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The Estonian Centre for Home Education
The Estonian Centre for Home Education: www.koduope.ee
"Koduope" means "home education" in Estonian:)
No Comments » - Posted in Estonia by Tiia Leis
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Learning about the options
I’ve been thinking about the home education community in England and how different it can be from one area to another. On a Thursday during term time, my children and I go to Wargrave in Berkshire to attend the Camp Mohawk Home Education group. Many of the children there have been home educated for some [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Articles, England, Other by caliandris
Monday, April 14th, 2008
UK Home Educators protest changes in benefit rules
Home Educators across the Uk are being urged to write to their MPs to protest about forthcoming changes to the rules for benefits for lone parents in the UK. As from November 2008, lone parents are required to switch to the Jobseekers’ Allowance when their youngest child reaches the age of 12, with the prospect [...]
No Comments » - Posted in England, Legalities, Local News, The NEWS by caliandris
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Four days of freedom in a forest
My children are home educated, and usually spend one day a week at Camp Mohawk, in the wilds of Berkshire, just
outside Wargrave. We’ve been coming to Camp Mohawk with varying degrees of regularity for about four years I think.
We drive off down the A40 to the ancient A4 which runs between Maidenhead and Reading, [...]
