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Patti LaBelle Singing The Alphabet Gospel Style!! In the News11/4/09 Obama:
Shutter failing schools and bring down the teacher
'firewall' Reporting from Madison, Wis. -
Declaring that there should be "no excuse for mediocrity" in
public schools, President Obama this afternoon
pledged to push for recruitment of better teachers,
better pay for those who succeed and dismissal of those who
let their students down. When principals are trying to determine
which teachers are doing well, he said, they should be able
to consider student performance as part of the evaluation. 9/18/09 75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name the First President of the U.S. Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895? ~ Homeschoolers Ordered into Public Classrooms ( North Carolina ) A North Carolina judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be "challenged." The children, however, have tested above their grade levels – by as much as two years. The decision is raising eyebrows among homeschooling families, and one friend of the mother has launched a website to publicize the issue. The ruling was made by Judge Ned Mangum of Wake County, who was handling a divorce proceeding for Thomas and Venessa Mills. Pigs fly. Hell freezes over. ACLU sues Muslims over publicly-funded madrassa Mirabile dictu! The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the government-subsidized Muslim charter school in Minnesota.You’ll recall that Katharine Kersten did terrific investigative reporting of the CAIR-supported public school, called “TIZA” (Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy). In a rare stand against their left-wing fellow travelers, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the academy’s use of taxpayer dollars to promote Islam: 1. South Dakota: Homeschoolers Get Blamed, AgainWhen a newspaper suggested that homeschoolers cause public schools to miss out on funding, Home School Legal Defense Association couldn’t let this false accusation go unchallenged. Read more >> 2. Homeschooler Among Top Contestants on TV ShowA remarkable talent and testimony for how God can use homeschoolers to make a difference in the culture, singer Scott MacIntyre has the rare opportunity to shine before a national audience. He will compete tonight as one of the top contestants on American Idol. Read more >> 3. Minnesota: Tight Budgets Translate into Better LawsHomeschoolers worked with legislators to trim Minnesota’s fiscal burden by reducing bureaucracy for home educators. Read more >> 4. Michigan: School Threatens to List Homeschooler as High School DropoutHSLDA helped a high school student avoid being labeled a dropout simply because his parents decided to homeschool him. Read more >> 5. Texas: Group Told to Follow Day Care RegulationsHSLDA helped a homeschool group challenge a social worker’s misguided claim that it needed to comply with state day care laws. Read more >> 6. Discrimination Cut from Byrd ScholarshipAs college financial aid offices look to help students afford tuition costs, some homeschoolers are finding out about another funding source—the Byrd Scholarship—for the first time. Read more >> 7. Colorado: New Satellite School Memorandum Available for MembersA new HSLDA members-only memorandum explains the law that allows parents to enroll their children in a Colorado "independent school" but teach them at home—without government interference. Read more >> 8. Florida: School District Creates False Evaluation DeadlineIn a dispute over an annual homeschool evaluation, HSLDA helped a family prove that they had complied with the law and that county officials were wrong. Read more >> 9. Nebraska: Governor to Homeschoolers: ‘I’m proud of you!’The Nebraska governor praised homeschoolers for their efforts in helping defeat a bill that would have severely restricted the freedom to teach at home. Read more >> Articles by Barbara TodishHumanity Identity Revolutionby Barbara Todish Can We Be Free From Time and Space Limitations?by Barbara Todish What I Got Out of Spending Time in “Hell”or Play Dante’s Inferno Before It PlaysYou!by Barbara Todish Can We Become Conservative Revolutionaries? by Barbara Todish Life Coaching and Its' Implications for Communication by Barbara Todish DO YOU CONTROL YOUR LIFE OR DOES YOUR LIFE CONTROL YOU? by Barbara Todish DECISIONS: WHICH IS RIGHT? CROSSROADSby Barbara Todish Family is the Problem, Not the Solution by Barbara Todish by Barbara Todish
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