Florida education news: Phi Beta Kappa, furloughs, home schooling and more
REJECTED: Phi Beta Kappa denies the University of South Florida a chapter again. MISLEADING: The Florida Education Association sues to keep Amendment 8 regarding class size off the November ballot . PAY UP: NCS Pearson faces another $12 million in fines for its FCAT failures. UNTRUE: Talk of Hillsborough schools adopting weekly early release days is greatly exaggerated . NEVER MIND: Pinellas ...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:18:22 -0700
Society daily 28.07.2010
Thoughts on the Khyra Ishaq case and home schooling; tackling problem pubs, and the dangers of loneliness Full coverage: the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Khyra's death "preventable", says review Extracts from the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Ministers urged to tighten law on home education Social workers thwarted by mother's intimidation tactics Timeline: the tragic last six months of ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:40:23 -0700
Sycamore Township business opens language school
Owner Lynn Elfers was working out of her home in Kenwood when she started Affordable Language Services, which provides translations and interpreter services, in 2000. Seven years later Elfers and her husband Gary, now serving as executive director, moved the business to Blue Ash Road in Sycamore Township at its border with Blue Ash. The couple that honed their skills in Spanish during several ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:41:42 -0700
Family finds fields ripe with kindness
There is probably not a newspaper journalist working today who has not been asked, Why dont we hear more good news? And yet, sometimes when we report the good news, we also have to report the bad news reason that caused the good news to happen.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:19:33 -0700
Nurses from Marysville work to bring Haitian teen here to attend school
MARYSVILLE -- Autumn Kostelecky is putting together a scrapbook and hoping she'll get the opportunity to give it away next year. The photographs inside the book will help her explain all of the work and fundraising that was done to help a 16-year-old Haitian boy attend school in the area.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47:57 -0700
Fishing Report
Tournament results from Hard Luck tournament Saturday: 1 Andy Gibbs-Mike Gibbs 10.70 pounds; David Deceauscus - Tim Brooks 10.49; 3. George Day-Todd Vanepps 9.18; big fish: James Vick 4.39. Last open tournament trail qualifier is tomorrow out of Osbourne Landing. Jill O'Brien-Jones of Eagles Landing (804 966-9094) reports the water ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15:39 -0700
BREAKING NEWS
When Khyra Ishak's mother took her out of school she removed Khyra from another system of checks. Today's report said the rules on assessing home education were weak.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:52:51 -0700
Wim Foekma Clinic
Wim Foekma competes successfully at the FEI level. Delta Dressage Association brought clinician Wim Foekma to the Mid-South Dressage Academy (MSDA) in Hernando, MS July 17-18.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:57:11 -0700
Around the region
Home-schoolers and the library: Home-schooling parents are invited to a program on library services and materials, as well as a look at interlibrary loans and subscription databases, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the South Haven Branch of the Porter County Public Library, 403 W. County Road 700N. Registration for this free program is required by Friday. For more information, call 759-4474 ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:03:16 -0700
Around the region
Home-schoolers and the library: Home-schooling parents are invited to a program on library services and materials, as well as a look at interlibrary loans and subscription databases, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the South Haven Branch of the Porter County Public Library, 403 W. County Road 700N. Registration for this free program is required by Friday. For more information, call 759-4474 ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:03:16 -0700
Society daily 28.07.2010
Thoughts on the Khyra Ishaq case and home schooling; tackling problem pubs, and the dangers of loneliness Full coverage: the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Khyra's death "preventable", says review Extracts from the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Ministers urged to tighten law on home education Social workers thwarted by mother's intimidation tactics Timeline: the tragic last six months of ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:40:23 -0700
Society daily 28.07.2010
Thoughts on the Khyra Ishaq case and home schooling; tackling problem pubs, and the dangers of loneliness Full coverage: the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Khyra's death "preventable", says review Extracts from the Khyra Ishaq serious case review Ministers urged to tighten law on home education Social workers thwarted by mother's intimidation tactics Timeline: the tragic last six months of ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:40:23 -0700
CA Mentor Program is Now Here
When a group home burned in Boston a few years ago, the troubled teens were dispersed into family homes until the shelter could be rebuilt. In the process, social workers noticed something unusual was happening. Behavior improved and the teens did not want to return to the group home setting. They wanted to remain as part of a family. The concept spread across the nation. In 1985, Kern ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:39 -0700
CA Mentor Program is Now Here
When a group home burned in Boston a few years ago, the troubled teens were dispersed into family homes until the shelter could be rebuilt. In the process, social workers noticed something unusual was happening. Behavior improved and the teens did not want to return to the group home setting. They wanted to remain as part of a family. The concept spread across the nation. In 1985, Kern ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:39 -0700
Review: Dogtooth
Both absurd and creepy Home schooling takes a hit in Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos's bizarre, chilling parable.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:22:06 -0700
Review: Dogtooth
Both absurd and creepy Home schooling takes a hit in Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos's bizarre, chilling parable.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:22:06 -0700
Sycamore Township business opens language school
Owner Lynn Elfers was working out of her home in Kenwood when she started Affordable Language Services, which provides translations and interpreter services, in 2000. Seven years later Elfers and her husband Gary, now serving as executive director, moved the business to Blue Ash Road in Sycamore Township at its border with Blue Ash. The couple that honed their skills in Spanish during several ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:41:42 -0700
Sycamore Township business opens language school
Owner Lynn Elfers was working out of her home in Kenwood when she started Affordable Language Services, which provides translations and interpreter services, in 2000. Seven years later Elfers and her husband Gary, now serving as executive director, moved the business to Blue Ash Road in Sycamore Township at its border with Blue Ash. The couple that honed their skills in Spanish during several ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:41:42 -0700
Florida education news: Phi Beta Kappa, furloughs, home schooling and more
REJECTED: Phi Beta Kappa denies the University of South Florida a chapter again. MISLEADING: The Florida Education Association sues to keep Amendment 8 regarding class size off the November ballot . PAY UP: NCS Pearson faces another $12 million in fines for its FCAT failures. UNTRUE: Talk of Hillsborough schools adopting weekly early release days is greatly exaggerated . NEVER MIND: Pinellas ...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:18:22 -0700
Florida education news: Phi Beta Kappa, furloughs, home schooling and more
REJECTED: Phi Beta Kappa denies the University of South Florida a chapter again. MISLEADING: The Florida Education Association sues to keep Amendment 8 regarding class size off the November ballot . PAY UP: NCS Pearson faces another $12 million in fines for its FCAT failures. UNTRUE: Talk of Hillsborough schools adopting weekly early release days is greatly exaggerated . NEVER MIND: Pinellas ...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:18:22 -0700
Home School: Why Ethnic Families Are Saying Yes
SAN RAMON, Calif. Ask Omar Alwazzani to name all the countries in Western Europe and hell do it at the speed of light.Can he name all the presidents of the United States? Yup. Does he know where Morocco is...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:52:37 -0700
Home School: Why Ethnic Families Are Saying Yes
SAN RAMON, Calif. Ask Omar Alwazzani to name all the countries in Western Europe and hell do it at the speed of light.Can he name all the presidents of the United States? Yup. Does he know where Morocco is...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:52:37 -0700
A State of Transformation
In Whats the Matter With Kansas?, a documentary spun from Thomas Franks 2004 book , the director-producer Joe Winston and the producer Laura Cohen ostensibly seek the reasons for the transformation of a once-fiercely populist Democratic state into a Republican redoubt.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:08 -0700
A State of Transformation
In Whats the Matter With Kansas?, a documentary spun from Thomas Franks 2004 book , the director-producer Joe Winston and the producer Laura Cohen ostensibly seek the reasons for the transformation of a once-fiercely populist Democratic state into a Republican redoubt.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:08 -0700
