News Out There
Homeschooling in Sweden
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Sweden outlaws home schooling
The founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association says home schooling in Sweden will soon be banned altogether, with a few minor exceptions.
Mike Farris says that Sweden will ban all home schooling except for children with medical exemptions and foreign workers with the appropriate work visas.
“That’s it. People who have religious [...]
USPS: New Rates Coming
Friday, January 16th, 2009The US Postal Service is announcing some new rates to go into effect on Sunday.
I haven’t figured out yet how that will affect our shipping/handling rates.
Maybe not at all.
Another Homeschooling Report
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Homeschooling goes boom in America
A homeschooling movement is sweeping the nation — with 1.5 million children now learning at home, an increase of 75 percent since 1999.
The Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics reported homeschooling has risen by 36 percent in just the last five years.
According to the story, a 2007 [...]