Homeschool and Education News Beat

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Budget-crunch mantra: Raise taxes or else

Kennebec Journal (ME)

by Kathleen M. Mahoney

November 23, 2008

As a parent of two sons, one at Hussey and one at Hodgkins, where they get an excellent education, I am astonished that the Augusta superintendent of schools can suggest that the only options are firing teachers or shutting down schools.

I wonder where 400 new students might have to eat lunch. Perhaps we should all just homeschool our children and then all the schools in Augusta can be shut down. It would save a lot of money. Too bad most have parents have to work.

Theft charges for head of Philly Home-School Assn

The Evening Sun

November 13, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- The president of the Philadelphia Home and School Council is accused of misusing more than $122,000 in funds from the nonprofit organization.

Police say 53-year-old Greg Wade was arrested Monday and charged with embezzling at least $60,000 in council funds and writing another $62,000 worth of bad checks from council accounts.

Journal ideas for homeschool kids

St. Louis Homeschooling Examiner

by Loretta Snyder

November 11, 2008

First things first, before your homeschoolers can begin their journaling adventure, each will need a journal of their very own. A journal is as individual as the person who uses it.

Does your homeschooler love to write? If so, any lined notebook should do. Allowing your child to pick the style of the notebook will make it more personal for them.

A teen toy story for troubled times

Marketplace

by Avishay Artsy

November 10, 2008

In this gloomy time for business, maybe all we need is a little youthful optimism. Fifteen-year-old Josh Heinzl wasn't afraid to open his toy store in a mall in Nashua, N.H. last month.

His parents fronted their son $10,000 to open Josh's Toys and Games last month at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua. Josh is home-schooled, already a senior, but he thinks about business almost all the time. [Watch the Video]

Wichita Home School claims robotics title

The Wichita Eagle (KS)

November 01, 2008

The Wichita Home School team won the 10th annual Kansas BEST robotics competition today at Wichita State University.

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) is designed to inspire students to choose careers in engineering, science and technology. Wichita Home School won the BEST Award and the Game Award, and qualified for the regional competition Dec. 5 and 6 in Fort Smith, Ark.

Aquarium has programs for home school groups

Newport News-Times (OR)

October 31, 2008

The Oregon Coast Aquarium has opened all of its education programs to include home school groups this year. Sean Nolan, announced the change in response to increasing numbers of home schooled students in the Pacific Northwest.

Home school groups are made up of several home school families that get together to take advantage of specialized educational programs. Typically, a group consists of 10 to 70 students for an aquarium on-site program. Nolan said the home school groups will receive the same discounts as public school groups and are required to meet the same criteria.

The family that canvasses together

Palladium-Item (OH)

by Michelle Manchir

October 31, 2008

There's a blackboard in Nick and Kim Craft's dining room dusty with the erased names of precincts in Preble County -- the places in which the couple and their nine children have trekked in support of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.

Almost nightly for the past three weeks, Kim, a 39-year-old West Alexandra native, with several of her smiling babies, has chugged up and down neighborhoods with election information placed carefully in plastic bags.

Declaration of Independence in Owensboro

Tristate

October 31, 2008

With days to go before America elects a new commander in chief, a national treasure is in Owensboro compelling tri-staters to consider, before they cast their vote, what the founding fathers envisioned for the united states.

It's a copy of the declaration of independence created on the evening of July fourth 17-76. They call it the birth certificate of America. But some say the founding fathers would be ashamed of American politics today.

Economy Forces Christian School Closure

KSAT San Antonio

October 30, 2008

SAN ANTONIO -- The struggling economy is being blamed for the upcoming closure of a north side Christian school 10 years after its opening.

Unless administrators get $300,000 to cover expenses, the Harvest Fellowship School will be forced to close, administrators say.

Sierra Outdoor School To Run On Solar Power

My Mother Lode (CA)

by BJ Hansen

October 29, 2008

Sonora, Ca -- Sierra Outdoor School in Sonora has been selected to receive a 1.3 kilowatt solar generated power system, valued at $25,000.

25 schools from across the state were chosen through a program organized by the San Francisco Academy of Sciences and Pacific Gas and Electric.

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