Category: Homeschooling
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Just Read the Bill
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Gov. Glenn Younger has been reading Kerry Dougherty’s columns too much. He announced that he will veto SB 1031, dealing with religious exemption from sending one’s children to school. “I am a strong supporter of homeschooling and will always support the rights of parents to homeschool their children,” he declared. He needs…
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Post Attacks Homeschooling Because It Succeeds
by Derrick Max Over the last few years, homeschooling has grown in Virginia by almost 40 percent. In fact, homeschoolers in Virginia now account for almost 60,000 students — making homeschooling the fifth largest school district in the Commonwealth. Because homeschoolers are self-funded, this saves Virginia’s state and local governments almost $800 million per year.…
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Stop Coddling Bad Kids
by Kerry Dougherty I have a new hero. I don’t know her real name but in her Southeast Washington D.C. neighborhood, they just call her “Grandma.” Last Friday Grandma was on her way to chemo when a 15-year-old punk walked up and ordered her to hand over her car keys. “I have a gun,” he…
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Free at Last
by Jim McCarthy Compulsory K-12 education under state law is a fact often taken for granted since its enactment in 1908 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1984, the state authorized homeschooling initiated by an earlier Supreme Court decision in 1972 (Wisconsin v Yoder), providing for a religious exemption from compulsory attendance in public schools.…
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R.I.P. Virginia Public Schools
by James C. Sherlock I have crafted and will share what I believe to be an epitaph for public education in Virginia. All of the evidence we see is that Virginia’s public school system, counseled and cheered on by its disgraceful publicly funded schools of education, is crumbling at its foundations. We start children in…
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Homeschooling Interest in Virginia Exceeds that of Other States
by James A. Bacon Virginians have a higher interest in home schooling than would be predicted by their level of education, political leanings, or incomes — demographic factors explored in a report by eLearningWorld. Interest in home schooling has soared nationally since the beginning of the COVID epidemic, writes self-described e-Learning technology geek Scott Winstead,…