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Homeschooling targeted in California

World On the Web

by Kristin Chapman

March 7, 2008

In a blow to homeschooling families in California, a state appeals court ruled Feb. 28 that parents without teaching credentials do not have a "constitutional right" to home-school their children.

The ruling resulted from a social-service investigation involving a homeschooling family in Los Angeles County. While it doesn't appear enforcement of the decree will be widespread or imminent-and an appeal is already in the works-the surprise ruling has still rattled the homeschooling community.

Votes really do count!

World Net Daily - Groveland, CA

by Barbara Simpson

June 8, 2009

I love the way the Left falls back on cliches when it detects the spirit of democracy is raising its powerful head. You've heard it: "They're like peasants at the gates with pitchforks!"

Usually, the protesting citizens are adults who know the civic ropes, but in rural northern California, the protesters were high school kids. They were angry with an abusive school superintendent and school board and decided to make changes.

Former ACLU chief admits guilt

World Net Daily (VA)

June 1, 2007

Former ACLU chief admits guilt Sentenced to 8 years for having 'graphic and violent' child porn.

It was Rust-Tierney who, nearly 10 years ago, had argued before the Loudoun County Library Board against any Internet filters on the computers at the public facility.

Homeschooler's trial date abandoned

World Net Daily (UT)

January 12, 2008

A trial date for a homeschooling mom from Utah who fled the state when a judge threatened to take away custody of her children has been vacated, officials have confirmed.

Mafi had fled her Carbon County, Utah, home after a judge had ordered her to enroll her children with a public school within a day or he would remove them from her custody.

Truancy hearing targets homeschooling mom

World Net Daily (UT)

by Bob Unruh

December 22, 2007

A homeschooling mom who fled her Carbon County, Utah, home because of a judge's threat to take away her children if they were not enrolled in the local public school district is preparing to answer the counts that accuse her of failing to submit paperwork

At issue are the threats issued by Judge Scott Johansen, who serves in the juvenile division of the state's 7th Judicial District. He threw out the agreement Mafi thought would resolve the charges, and then warned her about losing her children if they were not enrolled in the public school district, or if they missed class without a doctor's note.

District sued after snubbing Bible club

World Net Daily (TX)

March 21, 2006

A Christian student group in Texas filed a lawsuit against a public school district, claiming it was denied privileges due to its religious nature.

Students Witnessing Absolute Truth, or S.W.A.T., which focuses on Bible study, was barred from posting an organizational description on the "Campus Programs" section of the website of the Plano Independent School District in suburban Dallas, according to Liberty Legal Institute, a public-interest group in the state defending the group.

Spelling bee nixed because it 'leaves child behind'

World Net Daily (RI)

January 28, 2005

A school district in Rhode Island canceled its annual spelling bee this year because administrators decided the crowning of only one winner violates the main principle of the federal No Child Left Behind Act â€" that all children should succeed.

Linda Newman, assistant superintendent of schools in Lincoln, R.I., said it's her understanding that President Bush's education initiative says all children must reach high standards, which conflicts with the spelling bee, the Woonsocket Call of Rhode Island reported.

7th-graders jailed, shackled for butt-slapping?

World Net Daily (OR)

by Dennis Prager

August 21, 2007

At Patton Middle School in McMinnville, Ore., students created something called "slap butt day." On one such day in February, according to the Oregonian (July 22, 2007):

"Two boys tore down the hall of Patton Middle School after lunch, swatting the bottoms of girls as they ran - what some kids later said was a common form of greeting. But bottom-slapping is against policy in McMinnville Public Schools. So a teacher's aide sent the gawky seventh-graders to the office, where the vice principal and a police officer stationed at the school soon interrogated them."

Movie maker targets nation's 2.5 million homeschoolers

World Net Daily (OR)

October 28, 2006

Now, on the heels of its successful "The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Walden Media is confirming plans for a national education outreach initiative with the homeschool community.

"Walden develops films based on core values, classic literature, and compelling lives," said company co-founder Michael Flaherty. "Homeschool parents and students are natural partners in this mission because they demand family-friendly, educationally significant entertainment."

Teacher investigated for 'raping' boy quits

World Net Daily (OH)

January 11, 2006

A 29-year-old woman has resigned her teaching post in Ohio after being accused of raping a 17-year-old boy.

Nicole Long, an English instructor at Ayersville High School submitted her resignation to the local education officials, after it became known she's under investigation by the Defiance County Sheriff's Office for possible charges of sexual battery involving a student.

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