Schooling Has Grown Well Beyond Home
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- John Gillooly | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Schooling Has Grown Well Beyond Home
Washington Post – Mar 7, 2005
She swims three to five times a week, attends dance class on Tuesdays and drama class on Saturdays. On some Wednesdays, she goes to Hebrew school with a friend, and she’s about to start attending gymnastics and choir practice with a different pal on Mondays. It seems almost deceptive to say that Amy is home-schooled, considering how seldom she is home. Much of the public still considers home schooling the province of an isolated minority, motivated primarily by religious faith. But home schooling has always cut across a wide swath. And the movement has exploded, with the home-schooled population doubling since the mid-1990s, placing it among the fastest-growing segments of K-12 education. In Virginia, the number of home-schooled students grew by more than 500 percent between 1990 and this year…
On some Wednesdays, she goes to Hebrew school with a friend, and she’s about to start attending gymnastics and choir practice with a different pal on Mondays. It seems almost deceptive to say that Amy is home-schooled, considering how seldom she is home. Much of the public still considers home schooling the province of an isolated minority, motivated primarily by religious faith. But home schooling has always cut across a wide swath. And the movement has exploded, with the home-schooled population doubling since the mid-1990s, placing it among the fastest-growing segments of K-12 education. In Virginia, the number of home-schooled students grew by more than 500 percent between 1990 and this year. In Maryland, the number has multiplied almost tenfold.
Schooling Has Grown Well Beyond Home; As Ranks of Parent Educators…
highbeam.com – Mar 7, 2005
She swims three to five times a week,attends dance class on Tuesdays and drama class on Saturdays. On someWednesdays, she goes to Hebrew school with a friend, and she’s aboutto start attending gymnastics and choir practice with a different palon Mondays. It seems almost deceptive to say that Amy is home-schooled,considering how seldom she is home. Much of the public still considers home schooling the province ofan isolated minority, motivated primarily by religious faith. Buthome schooling has always cut across a wide swath. And the movementhas exploded, with the home-schooled population doubling since themid-1990s, placing it among the fastest-growing…
On someWednesdays, she goes to Hebrew school with a friend, and she’s aboutto start attending gymnastics and choir practice with a different palon Mondays. It seems almost deceptive to say that Amy is home-schooled,considering how seldom she is home. Much of the public still considers home schooling the province ofan isolated minority, motivated primarily by religious faith. Buthome schooling has always cut across a wide swath. And the movementhas exploded, with the home-schooled population doubling since themid-1990s, placing it among the fastest-growing.
John Gillooly | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Providence Journal – Providence Journal (subscription) – Mar 7, 2005
Her play created a time machine that sent us back to the days of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s when the townsfolk would flock to the high school gym or field to watch the local superstar. The people of Johnston loved to watch Marandola play. She was a home-grown kid who gave the residents a reason to feel good about their town. It was great for a town that has had its share of bad press over the years. This season, a lot of other Rhode Island sports fans joined the Johnston folks in the stands. Marandola’s ability to draw a crowd was never more evident than it was Saturday. Most of the seats at the spacious Rhode Island College gym were filled when Johnston and La Salle began play at 1:30 p.