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Homeschooling In China Growing Despite Ban

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Homeschooling in China is emerging with an estimated 18,000 children currently receiving education at home across China. This is according to a report from the 21st Century Education Research Institute. The same report mentioned that the number of home educated children were 2,000 in 2013 but has grown exponentially with over 50,000 parents who have taken the initial steps to ...

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Are Forced Vaccinations for Home-Schoolers On The Horizon?

As the number of home-schooling families in America increases, is there a growing chance that there will be forced vaccinations for home-schoolers? The answer is maybe. New Jersey Bill A-3818m introduced in April, would require a family applying for a religious exemption to provide a notarized letter, explaining why vaccinations pose a conflict, along with a statement that any religious ...

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Public School Shootings Force Many To Consider Home-Schooling

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There are many reasons parents consider home-schooling their children. They can have more control over their children’s curriculum and spend more time together as a family. They can also offer an individualized learning environment for their kids. Now you can add keeping children safe to that list. Home-Schooling Numbers Are Growing Several states are reporting an increase in home-schooling in ...

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Henty and Social History

In his classic study of the Victorian mentality, The Victorian Frame of Mind, Walter E. Houghton declares: “If we hope to discover the inwards thoughts of a generation, it is to literature that we must look.”  This is why, for historians, the works of G.A. Henty, the acknowledged king of boys’ writers in the late-Victorian period, are so fascinating and ...

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Interview with “Longing for Motherhood” author Chelsea Sobolik

Approximately 1 in 10 American couples struggle with infertility during their lifetime and approximately 1 in 5 American pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Despite the staggering statistics, infertility is rarely discussed and many families struggle internally on a daily basis with these heartbreaking, unaddressed wounds. That’s why Chelsea Sobolik decided to share her own journey with childlessness in her new ...

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Fascinating Life Of G.A. Henty

When it came to understanding the mind of young boys, G.A. Henty seemed to have a finger on their pulse. This prolific writer spent a lifetime creating books that would lure in the imagination of boys — and then leave them wanting a lot more. He understood what it meant to draw in the reader from the first page and ...

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