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Baltimore Sun Quickly Deletes Story "Parents who teach their own children give home-schooling high marks"
Today, The Baltimore Sun both published and pulled its article titled, "Parents who teach their own children give home-schooling high marks." The Google cache shows that the article was live for less than 3 hours before disappearing. For everyone se….
By Brett Langford, published April 10, 2017
Scholastic Partners with American Girl, Allowing Expansion of Best-Selling "The Care and Keeping of You"
If you had to guess, you might assume that American Girl's top-selling title would be about a fictional character. Wrong. Their advice book, The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls by Valorie Lee Schaefer, illustrated by Norm Bendell,�….
By Valerie, published March 31, 2017
Bite Sized Info: Warning Signs of Sex Trafficking by Location
Since 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline has documented over 22,191 reported sex trafficking cases in the United States. Already this year there have been over 500 reported missing children in Washington D.C. alone. The National Center ….
By Sarah Tippett, published March 27, 2017
School Choice Options Gaining Momentum in North Dakota, Homeschooling Doubles
North Dakota is one such state where the public's opinion of alternative education is becoming more and more favorable. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, are both proponents of school choice. The recently propos….
By Brett Langford, published March 26, 2017
5-Year-Old Homeschooler Youngest Person in History to Qualify for Scripps National Spelling Bee
History is being made at this year's National Spelling Bee. Edith Fuller beat 52 competitors in the 2017 Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 5-year-old correctly spelled the word "jnana," which is a term for "knowledge" in Ind….
By Brett Langford, published March 7, 2017