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NEWS: Students present homeschool musical
Sent May 8th 2008
Santa Clarita Valley Signal, CA
Students present homeschool musical
By Sharon Cotal
‘High School Musical" was a huge hit for Disney, and now some local homeschooled students are hoping that their "homeschool musical" will generate just as much appreciat...
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NEWS: Mom finds success in homeschooling
Sent May 8th 2008
Hartselle Enquirer, AL
Mom finds success in homeschooling
By Allan G. LeBaron, Special to Enquirer
Hartselle native Marie Denise Griffith home schools her three children—Blake, Ty and Brady—at the family home in the Aldridge Grove community of Lawrence C...
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NEWS: School incentive awards increase attendance, criticism
Sent May 6th 2008
Houston Chronicle, TX
School incentive awards increase attendance, criticism
Schools try to boost numbers through prizes, but the feedback is mixed
By SARAH VIREN
The carrot at Stevens Elementary School is a shiny new bicycle, raffled off at the end of t...
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NEWS: School threats set off an avalanche of text messages — and absences
Sent May 6th 2008
USA Today
School threats set off an avalanche of text messages — and absences
In an age when schools are on alert for campus shooters, school officials nationwide say they're battling a new phenomenon: threats of violence that trigger a flurry of text m...
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NEWS: Breast-feeding boosts a child's IQ, says study
Sent May 6th 2008
London Daily Telegraph, UK
Breast-feeding boosts a child's IQ, says study
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Breast-feeding makes children significantly smarter and helps to improve reading and writing, according to the biggest study of its kind.
Res...
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NEWS: School is home
Sent May 6th 2008
Preston Leader, Australia
School is home
Heather Gallagher
WHEN Jenny Rebbechi's husband suggested she home-school their children, she thought he was mad.
"My husband saw an article in a magazine and said 'you should do this'. And I thought 'I'm not do...
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NEWS: Private school presents problem for home-schooled
Sent May 6th 2008
Henderson Gleaner, KY
Private school presents problem for home-schooled
By DR. YVONNE FOURMIER / Scripps Howard News Service
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
DEAR DR. FOURNIER: After several years of home-schooling, we enrolled our eighth-grade son in a private sch...
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NEWS: A Prom of their Own: Home-school teens dance the night away
Sent May 2nd 2008
Bloomington Pantagraph, IL
Home-school teens dance the night away
By Steve Arney
sarney@pantagraph.com
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NORMAL -- At the prom for home-schooled students, most of the teenagers didn't bring a date. For the better, said a dateless Meghann Rat...
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NEWS: Court: Student can wear anti-gay T-shirt
Sent April 25th 2008
Chicago Sun Times, IL
Court: Student can wear anti-gay T-shirt
BY TIM WALDORF
NAPERVILLE -- The third time was the charm for a west suburban student who wants to express his sentiments on homosexuality by wearing a "Be Happy, Not Gay" T-shirt to class.
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NEWS: Despite 25 years of reform, U.S. schools still fall short
Sent April 25th 2008
Christian Science Monitor
Despite 25 years of reform, U.S. schools still fall short
Chicago - The report that launched an education-reform movement – released 25 years ago Thursday – is causing some reform advocates to issue the same sort of dire warnin...