This post originally appeared on the Indiana Association of Home Educators blog in October 2015. Homeschooling has been a tradition in Indiana for over a century. Due to the longstanding legal environment regarding home education in Indiana, we have seen how less regulation facilitates the parent-directed learning experience. Below are some reasons the Indiana homeschool law…
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The Seduction of Homeschooling Families
Has the time come for homeschoolers to reevaluate a relationship with the local government school? Pioneers of the homeschool movement were very leery of any involvement with public schools due to a myriad of reasons. It appears homeschoolers are not the only ones who foresee a loss of liberty with involvement in this educational system….
IAHE’s Response to the Indiana Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights – Part 9
This post is our ninth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither IAHE nor IAHE Action knew about this meeting until after the fact when we were informed about it by a concerned special needs…
IAHE Action’s School to Prison Pipeline Response – Part 7
This post is our seventh of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. You may read our other posts here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. TESTIMONY: Dr. Susan Lockwood and I am the director of Juvenile Education…
IAHE Action’s School to Prison Pipeline Response – Part 6
This post is our sixth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) nor IAHE Action knew about this meeting until after the fact. You may read our other posts…
IAHE Action’s School to Prison Pipeline Response – Part 5
This post is our fifth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) nor IAHE Action knew about this meeting until after the fact. You may read our other posts…
IAHE Action’s School to Prison Pipeline Response – Part 4
This post is our fourth of nine installments. If you would like to read more, here’s our original post and the first, second, and third installments. We will post more after the IAHE Convention on April 29-30, 2016. Support the IAHE Convention to help protect Indiana homeschool freedom. TESTIMONY: Pg. 94. MR. DOUGLAS: “Do we know what percentage…
IAHE Action’s School to Prison Pipeline Response – Part 2
This is a continuation of the testimony from here. TESTIMONY: Pg. 80. “We actually based our thesis on the question of what happens to African American students from low income marginalized communities living in single female head of household with high crime when they accept the option of home schooling in place of an expulsion….