[LadyShallott]

[iceskater]

Richmond ping.

[gieriscm]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[Militiaman7]

Update from http://www.hslda.org

House of Delegates Rejects Governor's Amendments

The Virginia General Assembly has rejected Governor Warner's amendment to HB 675 by a vote of 62-37. Thank you for calling your Delegate and Senator. They clearly heard the message that the Governor's amendment is unacceptable.

Now the Governor will have the second chance to review HB 675 and either veto it, sign it into law or let it become law. Please continue your calls to the Governor urging him to sign the bill.

Please take a moment to call Governor Warner's office and urge him to sign HB 675. Give him the message below in your own words.

"Please sign HB 675 and thereby protect every parent's right to homeschool in Virginia. This will bring Virginia up to speed with the other 49 states that focus on results, not qualifications. The studies all show that homeschooling works, with students scoring above average regardless of the parents' qualifications."

Governor Mark R. Warner
Phone: (804) 786-2211
Fax: (804) 371-6351
Address: State Capitol, 3rd Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Can't wait to get a real Governor in Richmond.

Virginia's Next Governor
http://www.jerrykilgore.com

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

If you are teaching a large group of students, I do not argue that you need to know your subject. But I am here as proof that that is not the case in homeschooling. My kid scored in the 95 percentile in English mechanics, 91% overall, including rhetoric, and I think 89% overall in Math. He should have scored higher in math, but he made some uncharacteristic mistakes on a couple of geometry questions. I would not have scored as well as he did, but I've been the only teacher he has ever had. It's the curriculum and the effort. Yes I am the guide, and I do have to be smart enough to look things up from time to time, but heck, I'm teaching him calculus next year and I've never taken the class myself. It doesn't scare me a bit. I've got great curriculum. I know how to grade it.

Grading essays is the hardest thing, but even that is easily doable when you only have one student -- or a very few. If someone is really horrible at it, they just get help. You can even purchase that sort of thing online.

Schooling a kid through the 12th grade is not nearly as difficult as the cash seekers try to make it out to be.

[netmilsmom]

>>"holds a high school diploma and has achieved a composite score on PRAXIS I or SAT I not less than the composite score required for beginning teachers licensed by the Board of Education or has achieved a score above the 50th percentile in English and Mathematics on a national standardized norm-referenced test approved by the Department of Education." <<

HUH? Whoa! I don't think that half of the regular public school teachers in MI have this requirement!

Glad this is sliding fast. Why not just require an approved curriculm? Tons are free on the Net.