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Category Archives: Illinois Homeschool Requirements
Dragging Illinois Private Schools into Education Reform
In Illinois, we will not assume the definition of "reform" is a positive. It's about the money and in the case of education, it's not about the learning results. There's been some background noise over the last few months that … Continue reading
Senator Maloney Wants Private Schools Registered
Chicago's 18th District Senator Edward Maloney has introduced SB 136, a bill to register all private and non-public students annually. This proposal changes the Illinois compulsory attendance exemption to this below. The changes are noted with **: Sec. … Continue reading
CPS Administrators Did Not Change Website Regarding Over-Compliant Demands
In 2005, then Chicago Public School CEO Arne Duncan signed off on over-compliant and onerous demands for Chicago homeschoolers. In the country’s 3rd largest public school district, Chicago Public School administrators have some of the worst, if not the worst, … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago Public School, Chicago School District, Grassroots Political Advocacy, HSLDA, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois School Districts, Public Virtual School
Tagged Arne Duncan, Chicago Home Education, Chicago homeschool, Chicago Homeschooling, Chicago Virtual Charter School, education tax credit, Flavia Hernadez, Illinois Homeschool Freedom Watch, Illinois homeschooling, Patrick Rocks
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Kudos to Government Officials Doing Their Job
One constant complaint heard from numerous public school communities contends too many parents are not involved in their child’s education. Apathy creates discipline and learning problems within the public schools. It’s a dilemma that is reflected in the dropout rate, … Continue reading
Posted in Grassroots Political Advocacy, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education
Tagged Adams-Pike Regional Office of Education, Alexander-Johnson-Massac-Pulaski-Union Regional Office of Education, Brown-Cass-Morgan-Scott Regional Office of Education, Calhoun-Greene-Jersey-Macoupin Regional Office of Education, Christian-Montgomery Regional Office of Education, Grundy-Kendall Regional Office of Education, Hamilton-Jefferson Regional Office of Education, Hancock-McDonough Regional Office of Education, Hendersen-Mercer-Warren Regional Office of Education, Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education, Jackson-Perry Regional Office of Education, Knox Regional Office of Education, Lasalle Regional Office of Education, Madison Regional Office of Education, McHenry Regional Office of Education, Monroe-Randolph Regional Office of Education, North Cook Regional Office of Education, Rock Island Regional Office of Education, South Cook Regional Office of Education, Tazewell Regional Office of Education, Vermilion Regional Office of Education, West Cook Regional Office of Education, Whiteside Regional Office of Education
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Regarding Learning Time
Our family has many unrestrained chunks of learning time during our days and evenings. We have a huge, old tree in our yard that attracts monarchs for an overnight roost every year in the early fall. We've enjoyed the Journey … Continue reading
Posted in Bond-Effingham-Fayette Regional Office of Education, Compulsory Attendance, DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, Will County Regional Office of Education
Tagged Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, kerri garrett, Mark Drone, Mark Jontry, Richard Fairgrieves
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ROE Solutions Project – Letters Sent Out to Regional Offices of Education
Illinois Homeschool Freedom Watch is in action. A long time homeschooler compiled a Regional Office of Education (ROE) database recording over-compliance demands ROE offices have posted online. Using that database, a committee (or Gaggle, as we like to call ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago Public School, Chicago School District, Clinton-Marion-Washington Regional Office of Education, Compulsory Attendance, DeKalb County Regional Office of Education, DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional Offices of Education, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois School Districts, Illinois State Board of Education, Peoria County Regional Office of Education, Will County Regional Office of Education
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Letting ‘kids be kids’
The Register-Mail had an an article about local Knox County homeschoolers this past weekend. Cramer taught kindergarten in Galesburg for a few years before she began home-schooling her kids fulltime, so she has educational experience. But she said the amount … Continue reading
Public School Withdrawal Audits
Texas homeschooling rights are similar to Illinois home education legalities. Per a Texas Supreme Court ruling, homeschoolers in Texas are considered private schools the same as any brick and mortar private school building in the state. The 1950 Board vs … Continue reading
Posted in Clinton-Marion-Washington Regional Office of Education, Homeschool requirements in other states, Homeschooling Data, Homeschooling in News, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Mt Vernon
Tagged dropout factory, Illinois homeschooling, indiana homeschooling, Richmond Indiana schools, Texas Home School Coalition, texas homeschooling, tim lambert
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DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education
Since my address is within this Regional Office of Education area, I’ve checked it periodically. I don’t believe I’ve heard of problems stemming from this ROE, and the last I checked a year or so ago, they didn’t have much … Continue reading
Posted in DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Homeschooling Data, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois State Board of Education
Tagged Bloomington-Normal homeschooling, DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education, Mark Jontry
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Need Help – Regional Office of Education Compilation regarding homeschooling
Please pass this along in its entirety to any pro-active homeschooling party(ies) Hello Illinois homeschooling friends, It might seem like a contradiction to be compiling ROE information about homeschooling, since the public school authorities should have little or no involvement … Continue reading
Posted in Clinton-Marion-Washington Regional Office of Education, Franklin-Williamson Regional Office of Education, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois School Districts, Illinois State Board of Education, McHenry County Regional Office of Education, Peoria County Regional Office of Education, Will County Regional Office of Education
Tagged Illinois Homeschool Freedom Watch, regional offices of education
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