HOMESCHOOLING AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ISSUES------SUMMER 2024

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HOMESCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ISSUES, SUMMER 2024--for our home schoolers and non public school readers--one of our most popular series--back after a brief hiatus---SOME INTERESTING LINKS---in no particular order:

-------Homeschooling Grows as an Escape from Failing Schools and Curriculum Fights...Turned off by fumbling public schools and curriculum wars, families teach their own kids. by J.D. Tuccille, 8.5.2024 North Carolina is one of the few states to keep detailed statistics on homeschoolers—who are famously resistant to scrutiny, and for good reason—and officials in the state recorded an interesting development this year. After dipping from a pandemic-era high when public schools were closed or generally making a poor job of remote learning, the ranks of homeschoolers have again begun to rise. With census figures showing similar growth elsewhere, we have further evidence that DIY education is here to stay. Homeschooling Surges Again......read more at More Parents Are Choosing Homeschooling To Escape Failing Public Schools (reason.com)

-------The blog has been receiving quite a few queries about St. Augustine School; these are best answered at St. Augustine School - Ossining, NY (staugustineschool.org); staff is very responsive.

-------The Center for Jewish Learning K-12 at Temple Israel of Northern Westchester is now open for registration; go to Temple Israel of Northern Westchester (tinw.org)

------VILLAGE'S DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW KNOWN AS "IDEA"; FOR MINUTES/SUMMARIES/NOTES 2019-2024, FOR THE IDEA ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FORMERLY THE VILLAGE'S DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMITTEE, CLICK HERE.

-------AND IN CALIFORNIA: California School District Course Forces Students to Assess Their 'Privilege' and 'Oppression' By Jeff Charles | 7:09 PM on July 25, 2024--A California school district required high school students to give presentations on “systems of oppression,” according to documents obtained by parental rights advocacy group Parents Defending Education (PDE). READ MORE AT California School District Course Forces Students to Assess Their 'Privilege' and 'Oppression' – RedState

-------THE BLOG HAS RECEIVED requests for more info about this homeschooling facebook page---HUDSON VALLEY HOMESCHOOLERS--here is the direct link---many of these can only be answered by them directly; go to Facebook