In a very positive article on homeschooling, the Deseret News explains why the families it spoke to choose to homeschool their children. The tournament pits student-made robots against one another in a test of practical robotics. A Kansas school district is reaching out to parent educators with an Internet-based program for homeschoolers.
Participants take online classes from home under the guidance of public school teachers.
Although the school superintendent admits wanting to recruit homeschoolers back into public education, and students are required to take state standardized tests, kids in the program do get to work through the online classes at their own pace, and can borrow computers from the school district. The Gray Lady is online, and designed just for kids. Click the link to the Newspapers in Education Program for curriculum guides, a calendar, newsletter, and more. Response to a new policy for homeschoolers has been underwhelming. School officials in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, have decided to allow homeschoolers to take one class and one extracurricular activity in their local schools per semester.