My Daily Domestic Diigolet 03/31/2009

• Rules for Conservatives – Catholic Prodigal DaughterSome excellent ideas on how to talk with liberals!tags: politics, blogging, debate
• SouthCoastToday.com: Amid hard times, homeschooling families persisttags: no_tag
  • Before the recession, the ranks of homeschool students had been growing by an estimated 8 percent annually; the latest federal figures, from 2007, calculate the total at about 1.5 million.While some families are giving up because of a stay-at-home parent’s need to get a job, the recession overall will likely be a further boost to homeschooling, according to parents and educators interviewed by The Associated Press.’We’re going to see continued growth,” said Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute in Salem, Oregon.”The reasons parents home-educate are not passing, faddish things.”Christopher Klicka of Warrenton, Va., senior counsel for the Home School Legal Defense Association and co-teacher along with his wife of seven homeschooled children, says hard times enhance homeschooling’s appeal as private school tuition becomes unaffordable and some public schools contemplate cutbacks.”People are looking to homeschooling as an alternative more now in light of economic circumstances,” he said, citing its low cost and potential for strengthening family bonds

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