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Parents want choices
Parents want education options, concludes Never Going Back, based on a Mary 22 Harris Poll for the National Alliance for Public Charter...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 26, 20222 min read
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Education's middle ground is 'vanishing'
When schools closed in 2020, support for schools remained strong, but the public's faith in the quality of their local schools has...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 17, 20222 min read
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NC parents choose alternatives
North Carolina public schools are losing students to charter schools, private schools and homeschooling, reports T. Keung Hui in the...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20181 min read
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Safety fears encourage homeschooling
School safety fears are pushing parents to consider homeschooling, writes Valerie Richardson in the Washington Times. After a gunman...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20182 min read
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Why families choose homeschooling
After doubling from 1999 to 2012, the percentage of homeschool students appears to have leveled off at 3.3 percent, reports Sarah Grady...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20171 min read
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Vaccinate — or homeschool
Vermont is granting fewer exemptions to its mandatory vaccination law, reports Ed Week‘s Lisa Stark on PBS Newshour. #vaccination #Vermont
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20171 min read
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5-year-old will compete in national spelling bee
Edith Fuller, 5, will be the youngest person to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The home-schooled girl spelled “jnana” (a...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 9, 20171 min read
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