Commonwealth Education Organization
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| *November 2, 2011 OBAMA ED AIMS AT U.S. TAKEOVER "Home School Legal Defense A's federal relations staff have read this 868-page bill, and we believe that while it does not directly impact homeschool freedom, the bill will 1) increase the federal role in education at the expense of state, local and parental control, and 2) will greatly increase the pressure on states to align their curriculum and standards, resulting in de facto national education standards...While some specifics that could be included in a final bill remain unclear, 'the trend of national standards could lead to homeschoolers losing the freedom to choose the curriculum for their children.'...national standards would remove control from local boards and districts and allow 'unelected bureaucrats, not parents' to decide what subjects should be taught." >>read more>> |
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| October 3, 2011 HOME CLASSROOMS STEADILY GROW IN POPULARITY “Allegheny County had 970 home-schooled children in the state in 2007, fifth-most of any county, according to the latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. That year, 565 students were home-schooled in Westmoreland County. Statewide, there were 22,136 home-schooled children, down from 24,415 in 2003.” >>read more>> |
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| Thanks to WORLD Magazine for this article: September 24, 2011 AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING ON THE RISE "Colenburg has learned that homeschooling is difficult but doable. She almost gave up during her first year, after months of exhaustion. Her children fluctuated between enjoying learning at home and wanting to be back with their friends—but Colenburg urges first-time homeschool parents not to give up. In Harlem, Baker agrees: 'It's a really intimate experience with your child. ... I wouldn't have it any other way.' " >>read more>> |
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March 15, 2011 DANVILLE'S EVAN O'DORNEY WINS INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH "At 17, Danville's Evan O'Dorney already has won the National Spelling Bee and a gold medal at an international math Olympiad, meeting two presidents along the way. On Tuesday, he claimed the triple-crown: the coveted Intel Science Talent Search's $100,000 top prize....He's a home-schooled." |
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| Winter 2010 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT & DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS OF HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS: A NATIONWIDE STUDY “The body of research on home-based education has expanded dramatically since the first studies and academic articles of the late 1970s that dealt with the modern homeschool movement. Numerous researchers have examined the academic achievement of home-educated children and youth, their social, emotional, and psychological development, and their success into adulthood, and various aspects of homeschool families in general. Researchers have also explored myriad other aspects and issues related to home education in disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and law. Only a handful of studies, however, have looked closely at a large nationwide sample of home educators and their children in the United States, and the last one of this nature was conducted about a decade ago.” >>read more>> |
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| September 8, 2010 CLASSICAL APPROACH TO TEACHING "More and more parents are taking advantage of...options to customize an approach that suits their children's needs and gifts....There's no limit to creative solutions when we encourage and empower parents to pursue them." >>read more>> |
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| September 4, 2010 JUDGE CITES HOMESCHOOLERS FOR VIOLATING U.N. MANDATE “HSDLA previously has warned that the U.N. effort, which has not been adopted by the U.S. but has been embraced by most other nations, ‘opens the door for judges to make sweeping determinations about how children are educated.’ “ >>read more>> |
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August 12, 2010 HOMESCHOOL EDUCATION LEVELS WELL ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGES |
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| August 12, 2010 THE BENEFITS OF A CLASSICAL EDUCATION “No school system, no matter how good, educates all of its students to their potential. Parents whose children attend classical schools are often amazed by how their children thrive: kindergartners who know what atoms and molecules are; first-graders comparing spilled milk to the Nile River during breakfast conversation; fourth-graders figuring out an unknown word by recognizing its Latin roots; eighth-graders conducting mock trials with real local cases and a real judge.” >>read more>> |
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Commonwealth Education Organization . 3830 Saxonburg Blvd. Cheswick , Pa. 15024 . (412) 967-9691
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