February 27, 2006
Lori Mortimer
Once considered the domain of only deeply religious families who didn't want to send their kids to secular schools, homeschooling has been gaining popularity among not-particularly-religious families. In "Meet My Teachers: Mom and Dad," Business Week covers the growth of homeschooling specifically within the "creative class."
According to Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class, the creative class consists of educated, affluent people who, um, "create for a living":
[They]...seek not only fulfilling jobs, but also tolerant and vibrant communities and cities. This new class of workers does not define itself by national boundaries, but is highly mobile, willing to relocate for the best social, cultural, and economic opportunities. The creative class, 38 million strong in the U.S., produces a disproportionate share of wealth, accounting for nearly half of all wages and salaries earned - as much as the manufacturing and service sectors combined.
Sounds like a pretty good life:
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Meet My Teachers: Mom and Dad
BusinessWeek Online
2/20/2006
A growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any school
Slater Aldrich doesn't attend any of the top-shelf public or private schools near his family's Madison (Conn.) home, not even his mother's alma mater, the $18,000-a-year Country School. Instead, the 11-year-old spends his days playing the role of town zoning officer, researching the pros and cons of granting approval to a new Wal-Mart (WMT ). Other endeavors include pretending he's a Sand Hill Road venture capitalist, creating Excel-studded business plans for a backyard sheep company, and growing his own organic food. "It's kind of like living on a white-collar farm," says his dad, Clark Aldrich. Aldrich vowed he'd never put his kid through the eye-glazing lectures he endured in school, even at prestigious institutions like Lawrence Academy and Brown University.
Like a growing number of creative-class parents, the Aldriches homeschool Slater, splitting the duties. (Aldrich père, who co-founded interactive learning company SimuLearn, handles math and science; his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, does the reading and writing. Slater's friends come over after school and on the weekends for pickup games.)
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2/20/2006
A growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any school
Slater Aldrich doesn't attend any of the top-shelf public or private schools near his family's Madison (Conn.) home, not even his mother's alma mater, the $18,000-a-year Country School. Instead, the 11-year-old spends his days playing the role of town zoning officer, researching the pros and cons of granting approval to a new Wal-Mart (WMT ). Other endeavors include pretending he's a Sand Hill Road venture capitalist, creating Excel-studded business plans for a backyard sheep company, and growing his own organic food. "It's kind of like living on a white-collar farm," says his dad, Clark Aldrich. Aldrich vowed he'd never put his kid through the eye-glazing lectures he endured in school, even at prestigious institutions like Lawrence Academy and Brown University.
Like a growing number of creative-class parents, the Aldriches homeschool Slater, splitting the duties. (Aldrich père, who co-founded interactive learning company SimuLearn, handles math and science; his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, does the reading and writing. Slater's friends come over after school and on the weekends for pickup games.)
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Homechooling Provides its Own Therapy for Special Needs Kids
By Tonya Poole, 2-11-06
One afternoon three years ago in Albuquerque, we learned from the back of a brown paper grocery bag that my then nine-year-old daughter Sarah has autism. We unloaded groceries as we read, putting fewer and fewer cans and breads and teas away as we made it further down the list: vocal ‘stimming’ or chanting; extreme resistance to and/or distress at change in routine; ‘flapping’ arms and/or hands; becoming easily and markedly distressed for no visible reason; unusually focused fascination on specific subjects or objects; frequent repetitive behaviors; coordination and motor difficulties; noticeable lack of natural fears and presence of unnatural fears; delay in and difficulty following set of instructions …
Read the entire article outlining one family's struggle to get the help they needed and their ultimate (and brave) decision to homeschool... by clicking on the title
One afternoon three years ago in Albuquerque, we learned from the back of a brown paper grocery bag that my then nine-year-old daughter Sarah has autism. We unloaded groceries as we read, putting fewer and fewer cans and breads and teas away as we made it further down the list: vocal ‘stimming’ or chanting; extreme resistance to and/or distress at change in routine; ‘flapping’ arms and/or hands; becoming easily and markedly distressed for no visible reason; unusually focused fascination on specific subjects or objects; frequent repetitive behaviors; coordination and motor difficulties; noticeable lack of natural fears and presence of unnatural fears; delay in and difficulty following set of instructions …
Read the entire article outlining one family's struggle to get the help they needed and their ultimate (and brave) decision to homeschool... by clicking on the title
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Former science chief: MMR fears coming true (Autism and other problems related to vaccine)
Daily Mail (UK)
By Sue Corrigan, Mail on Sunday 5th Feb 2006
Former Government medical officer responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe has accused the Government of "utterly inexplicable complacency" over the MMR triple vaccine for children.
Dr Peter Fletcher, who was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, said if it is proven that the jab causes autism, "the refusal by governments to evaluate the risks properly will make this one of the greatest scandals in medical history".
He added that after agreeing to be an expert witness on drug-safety trials for parents' lawyers, he had received and studied thousands of documents relating to the case which he believed the public had a right to see.
He said he has seen a "steady accumulation of evidence" from scientists worldwide that the measles, mumps and rubella jab is causing brain damage in certain children.
But he added: "There are very powerful people in positions of great authority in Britain and elsewhere who have staked their reputations and careers on the safety of MMR and they are willing to do almost anything to protect themselves."
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By Sue Corrigan, Mail on Sunday 5th Feb 2006
Former Government medical officer responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe has accused the Government of "utterly inexplicable complacency" over the MMR triple vaccine for children.
Dr Peter Fletcher, who was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, said if it is proven that the jab causes autism, "the refusal by governments to evaluate the risks properly will make this one of the greatest scandals in medical history".
He added that after agreeing to be an expert witness on drug-safety trials for parents' lawyers, he had received and studied thousands of documents relating to the case which he believed the public had a right to see.
He said he has seen a "steady accumulation of evidence" from scientists worldwide that the measles, mumps and rubella jab is causing brain damage in certain children.
But he added: "There are very powerful people in positions of great authority in Britain and elsewhere who have staked their reputations and careers on the safety of MMR and they are willing to do almost anything to protect themselves."
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Learning at home
Mail Tribune
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February 7, 2006
More families in Southern Oregon and around
the U.S. are turning to homeschooling
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Will Taft goes over his daughter Lilyís math studies in the living room of their Medford home Monday. The number of homeschooled children is increasing nationwide, according to a new report.
Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell
Learning at home
More families in Southern Oregon and around the U.S. are turning to homeschooling
By PARIS ACHEN
Mail Tribune
Instead of waiting on a bus and going to school, fifth-grader Lily Taft heads to her desk in her family’s living room.
She picks up a seventh-grade math book, reads a lesson and without any instructions from an adult, begins calculating math problems.
"I usually start at 9:30 a.m.," Lily said. "I do schoolwork in no particular order."
Her parents, Will Taft and Barbera Herzog-Taft of Medford, said they chose to homeschool Lily out of a desire to give her a better education than what they thought a public school could offer.
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February 7, 2006
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February 7, 2006
Will Taft goes over his daughter Lilyís math studies in the living room of their Medford home Monday. The number of homeschooled children is increasing nationwide, according to a new report.
Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell
Learning at home
More families in Southern Oregon and around the U.S. are turning to homeschooling
By PARIS ACHEN
Mail Tribune
Instead of waiting on a bus and going to school, fifth-grader Lily Taft heads to her desk in her family’s living room.
She picks up a seventh-grade math book, reads a lesson and without any instructions from an adult, begins calculating math problems.
"I usually start at 9:30 a.m.," Lily said. "I do schoolwork in no particular order."
Her parents, Will Taft and Barbera Herzog-Taft of Medford, said they chose to homeschool Lily out of a desire to give her a better education than what they thought a public school could offer.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
PittsburghLive.com
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Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
PittsburghLive.com
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
PittsburghLive.com
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Homeschooling's growth offers lesson in market development
By The Associated Press
Thursday, February 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Jill Nardini planned to homeschool her family even before she had children.
Nardini, 44, a self-described older mom who had fertility problems, said she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her children. Her desire to teach her 9-year-old son Joey and 7-year-old daughter Jessie about their Christian faith also influenced in the decision.
Oprah's essay contest excludes homeschoolers
WorldNetDaily February 2, 2006
"Contest open to all legal residents of the U.S. who are currently enrolled full-time (and in good standing) in a public or state-accredited private or parochial school, grades 9-12," states the fine print on a page explaining the contest on Winfrey's website.
Despite the restriction, a letter from Winfrey announcing the contest, which will judge essays on the book "Night," says it is open "to high school students across America."
Michael Smith, president of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association, or HSLDA, wrote an open letter to Winfrey protesting the policy.
"We contacted your show to see if homeschoolers could be included and were rebuffed," wrote Smith. "While we do not believe that your show willfully excluded homeschoolers, the fact that homeschoolers were excluded in the first place is troubling."
"Contest open to all legal residents of the U.S. who are currently enrolled full-time (and in good standing) in a public or state-accredited private or parochial school, grades 9-12," states the fine print on a page explaining the contest on Winfrey's website.
Despite the restriction, a letter from Winfrey announcing the contest, which will judge essays on the book "Night," says it is open "to high school students across America."
Michael Smith, president of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association, or HSLDA, wrote an open letter to Winfrey protesting the policy.
"We contacted your show to see if homeschoolers could be included and were rebuffed," wrote Smith. "While we do not believe that your show willfully excluded homeschoolers, the fact that homeschoolers were excluded in the first place is troubling."
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