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The Cato Institute has an informative new video out about the cost of public schools…and the hidden costs of public schools. The per-pupil spending in the average public school is staggering enough (especially when you consider how little homeschool parents spend per-pupil and manage to out-perform their public school peers). But as this presentation will show, there are considerably more hidden costs that even the published figures seldom reveal. Read more »

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a bill that would tightly regulate homsechooling. “After studying this issue for several years I’ve gotten to know homeschoolers, the law, and how the system works and I’m convinced that it is working fine,” said Rep. Barbara Shaw, who has 45 years of teaching experience. Read more »

The most popular pieces from Dakota Voice last week, including: Base Closure Threat Blackmailing Senator Nelson into Health Care Vote?; Probe Called for in Sen. Nelson Offutt AFB Blackmail Allegations; ClimateGate Expanding, Including Russian Data and Another Research Center; ClimateGate Sequel: From Russia, With Love; Boy Ordered into Psych Evaluation for Drawing Christ on Cross at Christmas; Survey of Adult Homeschooled Students: Better in Almost Every Way; Battleground Poll: Democrats in Deep, Deep Trouble in 2010; and more! Read more »

A new study from Canada of adults who were homeschooled shows they are excelling more and are happier in their lives than the general population. This is good news for those thinking or performing homeschooling, but bad news for those who are dedicated to preserving the crumbling edifice of public education. Read more »

Last week’s best of the best from Dakota Voice including: Obamacare Bus Tour comes to Indy, Stunning Photos of California Wildfires, Many Parents Keeping Kids Home from President Obama’s School Speech, Obama Violates Federal Law to Indoctrinate Your Children, More Anti-American Radicalism from Obama’s Van Jones, Young Chicks Ground Up Alive at Hatchery, Judge Considers ‘Rigid Faith’ Grounds to Order Girl into Public School, Senator Thune Town Hall – Cap and Trade, AND MORE! Read more »

Amanda Kurowski is a 10-year-old homeschooled girl who performs well academically and is socially well-adjusted. But her strong Christian beliefs were reason enough for a New Hampshire court to order her out of homeschooling and into a public school. Read more »

The best of the best at Dakota Voice last week, including: Judge: Abortionists Must Tell Women Abortion Terminates a Human Life; Judge Orders Homeschooler into Public School for Being Too Religious; Hardball’s Chris Matthews Plays Hard to Get; The VA’s Death Book a Model for Obamacare; Marine Takes Oath Seriously, Why Don’t Congressmen?; Church Drops ‘Lutheran’ From Name after Pro-Homosexual Vote; Senate Wants Presidential Control of the Internet; and more. Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Aaron J. Leichman
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Apr. 02 2009 08:01 AM EDT
The case of a homeschooling family seeking for political asylum in the United States after fleeing Germany is expected to go before an immigration judge in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike, formerly of Bissingen, Germany, along with [...] Read more »

The Heritage Foundation published some interesting facts about homeschooling yesterday.
Most of this information would come as no surprise to most homeschoolers, but could be news to those who don’t know much about the phenomenon.   
Homeschooling–as an alternative to public or private schools–gained popularity in the 1980s and has really taken off since the 1990s.  Many [...] Read more »