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
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
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
Finding Alternatives To The Traditional Classroom
While Loudoun has only seen one application for a charter school in the past five years, a new law passed by the state legislature could clear the path for more applications to come before the School Board.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:12:32 -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
Democracy Incorporated
Writer Ed Burns on education, totalitarianism, and the possibility of community
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:19:07 -0700
Calendar
Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date. Send information on fund-raisers, clubs, lectures, community events, church events, reunions and support groups to Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60026, fax (847) 486-7451, or e-mail to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. No charge for ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:27:32 -0700
Blues City Dressage
(left to right): Ila Handy on Forgotten Angel; Gesa Kordes on Dayne; Ansley Stanfill on A S Godiva. The Blues City Dressage show, USEF, USDF recognized and presented by Delta Dressage Association, was held July 9-11 at the Show Place Arena, Memphis, TN.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:57:19 -0700
Thanks for enlightening us,
In reply to Rocky's Bru: RM3 hole for Selangorians : Thanks for enlightening us, Rocky. But I am sorry to say that you are as oblivious as the Americans if you are going to use their materials. At best those figures may have been propped-up but there are many Americans who still thinks Lincoln is their President. Yes the advent of Obama has awaken their slumber because it was all very eruptive ...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:43:40 -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
