Posted by Brenne Meirowitz on July 11th, 2010
By BRENNE MEIROWITZ
Following the passage of a new anti-homeschooling education law in Sweden, it will no longer be legal to operate accredited home schools. Prior to the bill’s passage on June 22, 2010, HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) organized a worldwide email campaign with its Swedish counterpart, ROHUS, to block the law from passing. ROHUS (RIKSORGANISATIONEN FÖR HEMUNDERVISNING I SVERIGE) translates into English as the National Organization for Home Education in Sweden. HSLDSA reports that hundreds of emails bombarded both Swedish government officials and its 349 member parliament. The message contained reasons why children were better served academically if home-schooled, including a political ploy that overall children receiving a home school education are certain to become productive citizens. In response to the protest, ROHUS was asked to supply Swedish government officials with documentation to support their claims, which they did – furnishing a 228-page analysis of the impact that the proposed law would have on the right of parents to oversee the education of their children.
Posted by Brenne Meirowitz on July 9th, 2010
Accredited Home School recognizes that more and more high school and college students are earning high school and higher education credits online. Therefore, we are expanding our website to include information about distance education to cover schools and programs that offer high school students opportunities to earn college credit from home, as well as colleges that offer undergraduate and graduate credit and programs online. Additionally, as the demand for health care providers continues to rise, we have also set-up separate websites to include information about Online Medical Programs and PhD Nursing Online Programs.
Online Medical Programs provides reviews, news, and information about online medical programs including nursing schools, CNA and RN requirements and testing. As appropriate, we also provide updates on medicine – including vaccines and diet.
PhD Nursing Online Programs is specifically designed to over reviews of graduate nursing online programs including those leading to a doctorate degree.
Posted by Brenne Meirowitz on June 6th, 2010
By BRENNE MEIROWITZ
With an ever increasing trend towards homeschooling, over a million children have earned their high school diplomas at home. According to Stuart Kerachsky, Acting Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, about 2.9 percent of all school-aged children, or about 1.5 million children in the United States were homeschooled in 2007. In the United States, it is now legal to home school your child in any state, but in the majority of states, home high school diplomas are not issued. Normally, three primary factors determine whether a home school diploma will be issued to a student. The first is whether the home schooled child fulfilled state minimum course requirements, if he or she passed certain standardized tests, and equally important is whether the student attended an accredited home school. EquaMost states do not have a policy in place for issuing a home school diploma. However, as in the case of a young Kansas woman, the home school diploma signed by both her parents was certified as valid by the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), after the young woman was turned down for a job because the employer did not recognize her home school diploma.
While it may sound easy or liberating, maintaining a legitimate home school program is not free of government oversight and regulation. States, rather than the federal government, have jurisdiction over home schools. Some states maintain specific coursework, hours of attendance, and require that an annual notice of the intent to home school be filed with the superintendent of the local school district. If parents do not follow the local procedures and fulfill state education minimum requirements, they can lose the right to continue their home school. Additionally, at least one parent, who is administrating the teaching, must possess the minimum of a GED or high school diploma.