Homeschooling:
... This is one of several interesting questions being asked by Bitch writer Maya Schenwar in: Learning Curve ... Radical "unschooling" moms are changing the stay-at-home landscape. From the article:...
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Posted on May 5, 2008 3:21 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Boo! ... That scurrying sound you hear is the pitter-patter of libertarian homeschoolers running to their battle stations. These are the people who make home schooling ... which isn't such a bad idea in some cases ... a bad idea. All the time....
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Posted on May 2, 2008 12:22 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Home schooling is probably a really good idea for a lot of people, but only for a certain (unknown) percentage of people who actually do it. And, among those who do manage to home school, I would guess that the effectiveness of home schooling varies...
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Posted on April 29, 2008 11:58 AM • 77 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
... if you live in Baltimore ... Details and a poll for you to take:...
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Posted on April 10, 2008 9:17 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
John Stossel is the woo-loving moronic co-host of the formerly not too bad but these days totally sucky tv "news" show 20-20. It turns out Stossel is a libertarian home schooling supporter and reality denialist...
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Posted on April 10, 2008 9:04 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yes, and it probably should. The bill requires that the home schooled students receive instruction from qualified individuals, and that the students be registered with the state. Both are reasonable requirements for any educational program, home schooling or otherwise. But this is considered unacceptable by...
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Posted on April 10, 2008 12:06 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I came across this chilling misanthropic missive in support of home schooling....
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Posted on April 2, 2008 9:00 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A California appellate court agreed Wednesday to rehear arguments in a controversial case that called into question the legality of home schooling, court documents show. A statewide uproar began when a panel with the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in last month that...
Posted on March 27, 2008 5:41 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Anne Coulter sends me emails now and then (she doesn't know who I am ... don't tell her) so I get the inside anorexia, I mean, the inside skinny on some of the moves the hard right wing are making now and then. Astonishingly, very...
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Posted on March 26, 2008 7:32 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You've probably already seen this: it is a bunch of crazy home schooling creationists demonstrating that they are utter, incurable morons. In this video, they are seen committing child abuse. Again and again and again. I stole it from Pharangula, he stole it from Sandwalk....
Posted on March 25, 2008 9:24 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks