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Category Archives: Illinois State Board of Education
What is Suspicion When It Comes to Checking on Homeschoolers
"The real question is determining the authority to inquire what is reasonable cause of truancy and what is suspicion when it comes to checking on homeschoolers," Maloney said. That was a quote from the Illinois Review's interview with Senator Maloney. … Continue reading
Posted in Daytime Curfew, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Homeschooling in News, Illinois Homeschool PAC, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Homeschooling in News, Illinois State Board of Education, Legislation
Tagged Fran Eaton, Illinois Constitution, Illinois Homeschool PAC, Illinois Review, Senator Maloney
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Today’s Illinois Homeschooling News
Homeschooling parents not eager for state’s ‘help’-Fran Eaton The school board of Community High School District 218 learned this week that a significant number of its students read at third- and fifth-grade levels, according to Kevin McCaffrey, the district’s assistant … Continue reading
‘Homeschool Truancy’ Planned?
The Dana Show in St Louis had an interview with Senator Maloney today. This part was disturbing in Senator Maloney's review of this past week: Maloney – Those who came to the Capitol were extremely courteous and professional. what precipitated … Continue reading
Homeschooling Registration Proponents Hit Slump
By the time this hearing was over, Senator Maloney appeared exhausted and defeated. We shall see. Because it ain't over till it's over. Illinois home school registration bill draws crowd State Journal-Register Families from all over Illinois mobbed the Capitol … Continue reading
Posted in Compulsory Attendance, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Homeschooling in News, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Homeschooling in News, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, Legislation
Tagged compulsory attendance exemption, homeschool accountability, Homeschool Registration, homeschooling in Illinois, Illinois homeschool, Illinois homeschooling, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois Review, Illinois State Board of Education, ISBE, Levisen Ruling, Monroe-Randolph Regional Office of Education, regional offices of education
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We Need Fiscal Accountability in Illinois, Not More Demands from the State
The current and majorly concerning issue in the Illinois homeschool community is the attempt – by Chicago Senator Maloney's introduction of SB 136 – to pull all private schools into the public school realm by requiring non-public school children's parents … Continue reading
Posted in Compulsory Attendance, Grassroots Political Advocacy, Illinois Homeschool Requirements, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, Legislation, Peoria County Regional Office of Education
Tagged Calhoun-Greene-Jersey-Macoupin Regional Office of Education, fiscal accountability, homeschool, Homeschool Registration, Illinois homeschool, ISBE, non-public schools, Peoria County Regional Office of Education, regional offices of education, sb 136, Senator Edward Maloney
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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
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
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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