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Some school districts are refusing to allow students to attend neighborhood schools in order to create diversity.
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Home-Schooled Students Rise in Supply and Demand Do students need textbooks? The ever-growing number of tools and the increasing cost of textbooks are the reasons some high schools in South Mississippi have only one set of books in the classroom, and...
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- Homeschooling In Mississippi
I have really loved homeschooling in Mississippi. It has been a wonderful experience for my family. But what do other people think about homeschooling in Mississippi? Natalie at the Homeschool Cafe ask How do Mississippi public school superintendents...
- Homeschool Regulation: The Revenge Of The Failures
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I have always been thankful it is so easy to homeschool in Mississippi. You just register your child as homeschooled with the school attendance officer for your school district. So Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds' threats to scrutinize homeschooling...
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Some school districts are refusing to allow students to attend neighborhood schools in order to create diversity.
But parents, including some blacks, in both districts sued after their children were denied entry to neighborhood schools or schools they otherwise wanted to attend. They say the districts' policies discriminate on the basis of race, something the 14th Amendment to the Constitution doesn't permit. The parents are supported in both cases by the Bush administration, which has consistently argued that while diversity is a compelling interest, it must be achieved through race-neutral means.
13 Year Old Girl Brings A Gun to School On The Bus
A 13-year-old girl who packed a pistol in her purse Monday and boarded a Harrison County school bus didn't intend to harm anyone, authorities said.The D'Iberville Middle School student also had the clip that holds the 9mm Ruger's bullets, but the gun wasn't loaded, according to the Harrison County Sheriff's Department. The incident marks the fourth report of a gun on a South Mississippi campus since August.
Unhealthy In Mississippi
The report listed Louisiana as the least-healthy state, followed by Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.Well at least I don't live in Louisiana.
- Articles Of Interest
Home-Schooled Students Rise in Supply and Demand Do students need textbooks? The ever-growing number of tools and the increasing cost of textbooks are the reasons some high schools in South Mississippi have only one set of books in the classroom, and...
- Aelfric Worries About Socialization Of Homeschoolers
Aelfric says I am all for the right of a parent to home-school his or her child, but it's a choice to be carefully undertaken. Few parents can bring the intellectual diversity and educational acumen to bear that the panoply of school teachers could...
- Homeschooling In Mississippi
I have really loved homeschooling in Mississippi. It has been a wonderful experience for my family. But what do other people think about homeschooling in Mississippi? Natalie at the Homeschool Cafe ask How do Mississippi public school superintendents...
- Homeschool Regulation: The Revenge Of The Failures
Visit WorldNetDaily to read Homeschool regulation: The revenge of the failures by Bruce N. Shortt, Ph.D. By attacking homeschool parents, Bounds is playing a familiar game. The goal is to distract the public's attention from the abject failure of...
- Bounds Bad News For Mississippi
I have always been thankful it is so easy to homeschool in Mississippi. You just register your child as homeschooled with the school attendance officer for your school district. So Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds' threats to scrutinize homeschooling...