Tag: Kansas
Updated on October 28, 2023 by CRHE
For Immediate Release: Contact with Mandatory Reporters Could Have Saved Homeschooled Adrian Jones Canton, Ma., 5/18/2017—On Tuesday, May 16th, the Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 2425, introduced in response to… Read More
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
For Immediate Release: Kansas Child’s Death Related to Lack of Oversight for Homeschooling Canton, Ma., 12/03/2015: On Thanksgiving day, police found the remains of a child in a barn owned by Michael and Heather Jones. It is believed that… Read More
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
For Immediate Release: Homeschooled Students Benefit from Extracurricular Access Canton, Ma.—The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) requires student athletes to be students at the school they represent, thus barring homeschooled students from participation. Senate Bill 60… Read More
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“If there had been more regulations on homeschooling in the states in which I lived I would have been more aware of my success or failure as my children’s primary educator. We are taught as homeschoolers to protect our privacy at all costs. But so much stress would have been alleviated with more oversight.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I support oversight of homeschooling because every child deserves a good education in all subjects. I received a great education in English grammar, and I could recite entire chapters from the Bible. But my parents gave up teaching me basic algebra, my textbooks viewed history through a primarily anti-Catholic lens, I was warned against studying the humanities, and I have spent a decade unlearning much of the “science” I was taught.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I believe that the education I received through homeschooling was likely better than what I would’ve gotten in my local public school districts. But I can’t say this for all the homeschoolers I grew up with. I knew teenagers who weren’t being given a complete high school education, particularly high school math and science. The students most affected by this were girls.”
Tag: Kansas
Kansas Should Strengthen Its Mandatory Reporter Laws
Updated on October 28, 2023 by CRHE
For Immediate Release: Contact with Mandatory Reporters Could Have Saved Homeschooled Adrian Jones Canton, Ma., 5/18/2017—On Tuesday, May 16th, the Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 2425, introduced in response to… Read More
Category: Kansas, Legislation, Press Release, Voices for Reform Tags: child abuse, Kansas, mandatory reporters
Statement Regarding Adrian Jones
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
For Immediate Release: Kansas Child’s Death Related to Lack of Oversight for Homeschooling Canton, Ma., 12/03/2015: On Thanksgiving day, police found the remains of a child in a barn owned by Michael and Heather Jones. It is believed that… Read More
Category: Kansas, Press Release, Voices for Reform Tags: child abuse, Kansas
Statement Supporting Kansas’ Senate Bill 60
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
For Immediate Release: Homeschooled Students Benefit from Extracurricular Access Canton, Ma.—The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) requires student athletes to be students at the school they represent, thus barring homeschooled students from participation. Senate Bill 60… Read More
Category: Kansas, Legislation, Press Release, Voices for Reform Tags: athletics, Kansas
Jane Morgan: “I was the homeschooled kid who grew up to become a homeschool mom”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“If there had been more regulations on homeschooling in the states in which I lived I would have been more aware of my success or failure as my children’s primary educator. We are taught as homeschoolers to protect our privacy at all costs. But so much stress would have been alleviated with more oversight.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni parent testimonial, Kansas, Missouri, mixed experience, North Carolina, testimonial, Texas
Jerusha Lofland: “Ignorance leaves people vulnerable”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I support oversight of homeschooling because every child deserves a good education in all subjects. I received a great education in English grammar, and I could recite entire chapters from the Bible. But my parents gave up teaching me basic algebra, my textbooks viewed history through a primarily anti-Catholic lens, I was warned against studying the humanities, and I have spent a decade unlearning much of the “science” I was taught.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni parent testimonial, educational neglect, Kansas, Michigan, mixed experience, testimonial
Amethyst Marie: “The students most affected … were girls”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I believe that the education I received through homeschooling was likely better than what I would’ve gotten in my local public school districts. But I can’t say this for all the homeschoolers I grew up with. I knew teenagers who weren’t being given a complete high school education, particularly high school math and science. The students most affected by this were girls.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, gender discrimination, Kansas, Missouri, positive testimonial, testimonial, Texas