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Welcome to Learning Is For Everyone |
An Education Resource Organization supporting Family Choice in Learning
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It's your world - Be Informed About it!
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Welcome to Learning is For Everyone, an education resource organization empowering families and learners with information and networking opportunities encompassing all aspects of education.
Whatever fascinates you, however you like to learn, chances are we can point you in the right direction! And there are so many great opportunities to learn from one another out there.
Over the summer, we're hosting our national Tapestry of Homeschool survey, in an effort to help counteract modern day mythologies about homeschooling. We'll be hosting other surveys on a variety of educational topics in the coming year, as well.
And new in our Resource Guide this month: TeacherTube, also a recent Web Pick; Thinkfinity and C-Span Classroom.
So check out these and our many educational and family resources, visit our related support and networking groups, have fun, and learn something!
In continued freedom of living and learning,
Your friends at
Learning is For Everyone, Inc.
All contributions directly support LIFEs mission of empowering learners through information, networking and support. Visit our donations page for more information and other ways to contribute.
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LIFE's Front Page News
Learning is For Everyone, Inc. is pleased to recommend the following website:
Free resources for teaching civics and US Government.
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The signing of SB 482 opened the door for non-public and home school
high school students to take part in dual enrollment offerings.
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It's official: Monday is now a no-school day in the MACCRAY schools.The Minnesota Department of Education earlier this week approved the
rural west-central district's plan to save money by compressing the
school week into four days come fall.
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Two leading sexual health charities are calling for children as young as four to be given compulsory sex education. Brook
and the Family Planning Association argue that teaching children about
sex from a young age would help cut abortion rates and sexually
transmitted infections when adolescents. The charities said children
should be taught the names of body parts and about sex and
relationships.
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AUSTIN (AP) — A former science curriculum
director for the Texas Education Agency has filed a federal lawsuit
alleging she was illegally fired for forwarding an e-mail about a
speaker who was critical of teaching a controversial alternative to
evolution.
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The U.S. Department of Education today released its first guide to the evaluation of online-learning programs in K-12 education.The report
is designed to help school leaders gauge the effectiveness of online
education, as its use grows rapidly across the United States.
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The nation's top teacher lobbying group has named North
Carolina Gov. Mike Easley "America's Greatest Education Governor."
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Just a few years ago, home schooling was the province of religious fundamentalists who wanted to instill their values in their children and back-to-the-earth types who rejected the institutional nature of public schools. Now it's edging ever closer to the mainstream. In 1993--after years of court battles--it became legal in all 50 states for parents to take charge of their kid's education from kindergarten to college.
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What exciting events are going on in your community this summer? An
annual festival? A special family concert? A yearly parade?
MeetMeAtTheCorner.org, the Web site that sends kids on virtual
fieldtrips, is hosting the "Summer in My Town"
(www.summerinmytowncontest.com_) video documentary contest for
children ages 7-13. The winner will receive a cash prize of $250.00
plus a special airing of their video on the Web site this fall. The
contest deadline is August 31, 2008.
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The National Service Briefing, a weekly e-publication of Youth Service America, sends out regular listings of grants. Below are some previously featured ones that are still open for applications.
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This program, sponsored by Nestle USA, honors young people ages 13 to 18, who excelled in school and have made their communities and the world a better place to live. Young people will be selected based upon nominations from parents, volunteers, and teachers as well as the information appearing on the nominating form.
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