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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Police placed in all city schools
Oh yes, that great socialization that anti Home Ed people talk about!
Every secondary school in Leeds is to have a dedicated police officer as part of a drive to cut crime.
Eight of the city’s 38 schools will have a full-time police presence. Another 16 officers will cover the remaining 30 schools.
More than 250 offences were [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in England, Local News, The NEWS by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Book Review: Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
The first "why" that struck me on seeing Why Evolution is True was why do we need yet another book on evolution? There are lots of good ones out there already and nothing less than a mountain of evidence to support the reality of evolution by natural selection.
But we do need another, insists Jerry Coyne, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in The NEWS by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
John Holt, Pat Faranga “Lernen zu Hause” / John Taylor Gatto “Der unsichtbare Lehrplan - was Kinder in der Schule wirklich lernen.”
Im Mai 2009 erscheinen im Genius Verlag zwei wichtige Bücher zum Thema :
1) John Holt, Pat Faranga "Lernen zu Hause",
die deutsche Erstausgabe des Homeschool-Klassikers "Teach your Own".
Der berühmte, früh verstorbene Pädagoge John Holt, Autor mehrerer auch in Deutschland vielgelesener Bücher ("Aus schlauen Kindern werden Schüler", "Wie Kinder lernen", "Wie [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Germany, Local News by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Nachrichtenmagazin “Der Spiegel” Artikel zum Thema Homeschooling
das Nachrichtenmagazin "Der Spiegel" wird, so wurde uns angekündigt, in seiner morgigen Montagsausgabe vom 5.Januar 2009 einen ausführlichen Artikel zum Thema Homeschooling enthalten, in dem es wohl auch um die Situation von Familien wie Dudeks und Neubronners geht.
Familie Dudek hat ja erfreulicherweise mit ihrem Antrag auf Revision Erfolg gehabt - [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Germany, Local News by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Germany: “Berlin declaration for freedom of education”
It is possible now to sign the "Berlin declaration for freedom of education" at
Unterzeichne
Here you can read the erlin declaration (only in German, up to now)
"Berliner Erklärung"A
No Comments » - Posted in Germany, Local News, The NEWS by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Germany: appellate proceeding of the Neubronner case
On February 3rd the appellate proceeding of the Neubronner case will
take place in Bremen at this place and time:
Tuseday
"Dienstag, 3.2.09, 9:30 im Justizzentrum Am
Wall, Am Wall 198, 28195 Bremen, Sitzungssal 4,
Erdgeschoss"
No Comments » - Posted in Germany, Legalities, Local News, The NEWS by Kent
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Germany: “Der Spiegel” releases a 5 page article about homeschooling
"Der Spiegel" is the biggest news magazine in Germany and Today 5th January 2009, it releases a 5 page article about homeschooling
Also:
No Comments » - Posted in Germany, Local News, The NEWS by Kent
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Using virtual worlds and video games to teach the lessons of reality
Researchers are beginning to wonder whether video games, long seen as a top time waster for kids and a roadblock to their educational development, might actually be a solution to what ails today’s schools rather than a problem.
Several educators suggest in the newest issue of Science that schools use video games to simulate the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Research, The NEWS by Kent
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
The Mom Song
If you thought your mom was one of a kind, give a listen to this
The Mom Song
No Comments » - Posted in Just for Fun, The NEWS by Kent
Monday, December 29th, 2008
LFN seeks Links to News, research reports, articles on Natural Learning
Though publishing new material, daily, on Natural Learning is our desire, there is a need for people out there to submit such information. This is one of the reasons for the volunteer "Correspondent" role. However we are short the number of correspondents needed to fulfill the purpose of this role.
In the mean time we ask [...]
