I KNOW ONE…
Our kids can spell (or at least run a spell-check):
This is a package on the benifits and drawbacks on home-schooling
In addition to being a poor speller, the reporter manages to screw up the description of the homeschooling laws. From the article:
Under state law, in order for a parent to home school their child they must have taken 45 college-level credit hours and completed a course in home-based education at a post-secondary school or vocational institution.
…Additionally, the student must have contact with a state-certified instructor an average of one hour per month and the curriculum taught to the student must cover 11 basic subjects, including reading, writing, spelling, language, math, science, social studies, history, health, occupational education, and art and music appreciation.
And from the NHEN summary of WA’s law:
To homeschool in Washington, parents must comply with one of four options:
1. Be supervised by a certificated person who provides a minimum of one contact hour a week average per month.
2. Have forty-five college level quarter credit hours or its equivalent in semester hours.
3. Complete a course in home-based instruction at a post secondary institution or vocational-technical institute.
4. Have the local school superintendent deem you sufficiently qualified.Parents are required to:
1. File a Declaration of Intent at proper time.
2. Keep certain records to be forwarded to any other public or private school to which the child transfers.
3. Have the child take a standardized test annually (those approved by the State Board of Education and given by a qualified person) or have the child evaluated by a certificated person currently working within the field of education. The test/evaluation is only for parent information; it is not required to be seen by school officials unless the parent wishes to admit the student to public school.
4. Provide instruction in the 11 required areas.
OR not AND. And not a single mention of having to meet with a g-school teacher monthly. Of course, NHEM might be wrong. Yeah. Sure. (Via HSWatch list-serv)
One Response to “I KNOW ONE…”
 Comment by Annette January 9th, 2006 at 8:22 pm |
Daryl, It is a series on hsing–not from the positive view. |