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Steve Jobs Slams Teachers Unions 2007-02-21 15:26:10 By Mimi Rothschild
CEO of Apple, Inc. Steve
Jobs took an opportunity to take a swing at the real problem facing K-12 schools. No, it’s not lagging technology or lack of funds; it’s the simple fact that teachers unions encourage mediocrity.
“What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you [...] Read more:Steve Jobs
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Adopt a Soldier 2007-02-08 15:08:38 One of The Grace Academy students sent us a link to a site that enables families to “adopt” a soldier that is currently defending our freedom in Iraq. You can send them cards and letters expressing your appreciation as well as care packages full of goodies that will surely warm the hearts of our [...]
German Government Kidnaps Homeschooler 2007-02-07 22:12:24 Last Thursday, a 17-year old German
homeschooler was ripped from her family's arms in Nuremburg, Germany. Melissa Busekros was forcibly removed by fifteen police officers from her home. She was struggling in math and Latin, so her parents decided to tutor her at home. She is currently being held in a child psychiatry unit in [...] Read more:Government
Stay-at-Home Mom Apologetics 2007-02-01 17:20:08 Brandy Carrelli lays it down for all the mothers out there who either couldn’t imagine themselves staying at home or scoff at the idea of giving up their second income.
“One day, we came up with two simple, non-glorious reasons to have children. Mine: they change every day; never a dull moment. His: it would be [...] Read more:Apologetics
Homeschool Brainiac Scores a Perfect 2007-01-18 15:33:31 Schuyler Smith, a 13-year-old scored a perfect in the American Mathematics Competition’s AMC-8 test. He also scored perfectly in the math portion of the SAT in 7th grade.
Schuyler also was a member of the winning home-school team that swept the 2006 Mathcounts regional competition, and he placed sixth of nearly 1,200 competitors in the [...] Read more:Brainiac
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Homeschooling on the Rise 2007-01-15 23:03:12 The numbers that last week’s Daily Athenaeum boasts are encouraging.
According to the National Home Education Research Institute’s Web site, approximately between 1.9 and 2.4 million children were educated at home in the United States during 2005 and 2006.
We’re not sure why there’s such a wide gap. A half million students is quite a range. [...] Read more:Homeschooling
The HSLDA Extends a Helping Hand 2007-01-10 16:05:19 A Tennessee superintendent has misinterpreted a homeschooling law and thus sparked the ire of the Home School Legal Defense Association, an advocate group dedicated to ensuring the legality of homeschooling nationwide. Inviting families to contact them for assistance, the HSLDA once again takes an active role in the welfare of homeschoolers.
Read more at HSLDA. Read more:Helping
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Homeschoolers Gain Acceptance 2007-01-08 16:59:47 Charlotte Hsu chronicles the struggles of homeschoolers to gain mainstream recognition from colleges and public school districts.
“We saw this unique opportunity to get some really good students at UCR, being one of the first major public universities to create a published homeschool admissions policy,” added Vahid, who homeschools his three children. “We thought it would [...] Read more:Acceptance
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Homeschoolers Meet for Annual Forensics Competition 2007-01-04 17:00:13 Joseph Farah’s recent installment of “Reading Between the Lines” sheds light on this year’s National Christian Forensics
& Communications Association competition held at Point Loma Nazarene University. Throughout the competition, Christian homeschool teenagers debate about current issues, arguing different sides of an argument, always from a Christian perspective.
In public schools across America - and [...] Read more:Annual
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Homeschooling Grad Makes the Grade 2007-01-01 17:47:13 Another homeschooler has made the news this week. Jason Meade, a former homeshchooler, made “Who’s Who of American Universities and Colleges.”
The local resident’s road to college, however, was not a traditional one. Instead of attending public schools, Meade was home schooled by his mother, Lisa. Discussing his unusual high school years, Meade said it [...] Read more:Grade
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Homeschooling for the Family 2007-03-15 14:36:26 By Mimi Rothschild
The Arizona Republic has a wonderful article about one family’s decision to homeschool. As much as we focus the academic and moral benefits of homeschooling, we can sometimes take for granted the relational benefits.
“I choose to homeschool because I want to maintain family relationships in a way that cannot be done if my [...] Read more:Family
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More African-Americans Homeschooling 2007-03-21 15:01:48 By Mimi Rothschild
According to a recent news story in Memphis, an increasing number of AfricanAmericans
are choosing to homeschool.
“Expectations of African-American males is low,” said his mother.
“Numerous studies when African-American child reaches 4th grade, his excitement, enthusiasm, desire for learning has pretty much been I heard one educator say ‘beaten out of him’,” said [...] Read more:Homeschooling
Homeschool Entrepreneur 2007-04-04 15:42:43 By Mimi Rothschild
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece about a clever entrepreneur who also happens to be a full time homeschool mom.
We feel very strongly about teaching the girls a portfolio of skills that will give them both a solid foundation for a 21st-century career, and a rich inner life. Cultural [...] Read more:Entrepreneur
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Conversation Between Ignorance & a Homeschooler 2008-03-06 14:35:03 By: Mimi Rothschild
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark said as he used a feather and ink to scribble down a phrase on the back of a napkin.
“What, isn’t school and education the same?” Mark’s friend, Ignorance, asked.
Mark shook his head as he looked into the mirror at his age and [...] Read more:Conversation
Homeschool Hitting Hollywood 2008-02-29 16:14:16 By: Karlie Margaret Houser
Reading this article reminds me of why we chose to start The Grace Academy…to break from the norm, to share our faith and values with our children, and recognizing that not everything has to be the way society claims it to be.
I trust you’ll enjoy this read as much as I have, [...] Read more:Hitting
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Athletes: Finding Their Own Way Home 2008-02-12 09:57:25 Reading articles like this one, published by John Sahly in The Beacon News, is a touching example of how promoting our youth can truly make a story newsworthy. The Grace of God has a place in all our hearts, on all of our fields of play and especially in our homes.
I know that there are [...]
Focused Mini Lessons 2007-11-16 08:04:55 By Mimi Rothschild
Here’s another brilliant article to add to your collection of homeschool resources. This article examines mini lessons, how they work, and why they’re so important for your homeschool curriculum.
What Is It?
A mini lesson is a short lesson with a narrow focus that provides instruction in a skill or concept that students [...] Read more:Focused
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Think Aloud Strategy: Part 2 of 2 2007-11-09 10:31:53 By Mimi Rothschild
Here’s part two of the “Think AloudStrategy
” article I posted earlier this week. I’d love to hear your thoughts about it and also about your homeschooling experience!
How Can You Stretch Students’ Thinking?
Reflective journals and learning logs are a natural extension of thinking out loud. By jotting down what you say, you can [...]
Think Aloud Strategy: Part 1 of 2 2007-11-07 08:08:01 By Mimi Rothschild
Below is an excellent article about thinking out loud that will benefit both homeschooling parents and their children. Learning can happen in a variety of ways. One way to problem solve or better understand a concept is to think out loud. Read more below.
What Is It?
The think-aloud strategy asks students to say out loud what they [...] Read more:Aloud
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Learning Disabilities: Glossary of Terms 2007-10-31 08:47:56 By Mimi Rothschild
In case your not familiar with the different learning disabilities that educators have identified and defined, below is a comprehensive list of definitions related to learning disabilities that Dr. Jean Lokerson has put together. I highly recommend that you homeschooling parents become familiar with the terms in this list so you can better recognize if your [...] Read more:Disabilities
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Children’s Books About Disabilities 2007-10-29 14:42:39 By Mimi Rothschild
Check out the book list below, it’s specifically geared towards students with disabilities. I only included part of the list, you can click the links to find more great books! Let me know what you think and what you discovered. I’d love to hear some of your recommendations!
This list has been sorted by the books’ [...] Read more:Books
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Summarizing: Part Two 2007-10-25 12:33:41 By Mimi Rothschild
Here’s part two! I’d love to hear your thoughts and also about how your homeschooling experience is going this year!
How Can You Stretch Students’ Thinking?
Here are some general questions for students to consider when summarizing either fiction or nonfiction:
What happened?
Who was involved?
What was the outcome?
Is the essential piece of information included?
Are interesting but [...] Read more:Part Two
Summarizing: Part One 2007-10-24 11:55:05 By Mimi Rothschild
Do you know the importance of summarizing? Do you even fully understand what it means to summarize? Summarizing is an amazing tool that homeschool students should master because of the benefits it provides when used properly. Learn more about summarizing in the article below. Let me know what you think! Thanks so much!
What Is It?
To summarize is to put [...]
The Light at the Beginning of the Tunnel 2008-03-13 16:45:47
By: Michael C. Broome
Home schooling is not only a right of each and every American, it is also a joy with blessings that many home schoolers wouldn’t trade for anything. Not just the children, but the mothers and fathers that give so much of their time to ensure their children have the best life can [...]
Mimi Rothschild’s Homeschool Humor Picks 2008-07-11 08:48:02 Laughing is a good thing. We laugh a lot at the offices of Learning By Grace, Inc. Laughing is medicinal. Laughing gives you less wrinkles. Laughing reduces cortisol, the number one biochemical in our bodies responsible for stress. Here are videos Mimi Rothschild has selected for your laughing therapy program.
Tim Hawkins - A Homeschool
Family
Tim [...] Read more:Humor
Homeschooling with FREE Online Videos 2008-07-10 15:48:39 A wealth of phenomenal videos exist throughout the web and would be ideal for teaching homeschoolers. However, there is good news and bad news. Both the good newws and the bad news is the sheer magnitude of the numbers of potential videos. The downside is that it can be totally absolutely overwhelming and its faily [...] Read more:Homeschooling
Government Homeschools: Are they good for homeschoolers? 2008-07-10 14:56:09 Government “Homeschool” Programs Will Change Homeschooling
This video is a homeschool mom expressing her opinion about how she belives government homeschooling will negatively impact homeschooling as a movement. I believe that she makes some excellent points that need to be strongly considered. She points out that the “freebies” are enticing and oftentimes we forget there n Read more:Government
Look for the Flowers 2008-07-25 11:20:36 by Mimi Rothschild
Look for the Flowers
We are so beset these days by storing the children engaging in vandalism, so deluged by reports of children guilty of law violations, so overcome with the evidence of their acts of cruelty and violence that we are forced to the conclusion that the extension range of juvenile depredations today [...]
Homeschoolers and Cultivating Good Manners 2008-07-25 11:11:57 Pardon me, please.
An important aspect of learning to get along with others is learning to be considerate of others. Courtesy is not in born: he just talked courtesy does not well up from the depths of the child loving desire to see other people happy at the cost of his own convenience inconvenience. [...] Read more:Homeschoolers
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