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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
This post is our ninth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither IAHE nor IAHE […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
This post is our eighth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. You may read our other […]
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We’d love to include her testimonial on the IAHE Testimonial page.
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Melinda, if we would have included other parts of the 600+ page transcript, it would have given additional perspective was to why this comment was made. IAHE Action was focusing on the parts that mentioned homeschooling, but here is additional information that we didn’t include. It will help you better understand the context of the statement. Public schools are a totally different environment than our home schools. They have changed considerably since we attended public school.
Pg. 151 It does, and I am sorry, I will turn it over to Billy. I have actually been in some classrooms, you know, had career day, and students walk into the classroom like at 7:30 in the morning and they smell like marijuana. I mean some of these kids show up at school and they are high, they have got a contact high because of the environment that they are coming from.
Pg. 234 This is the reality of teachers who teach in urban communities. Just within the past two weeks one of my students committed murder. This week I looked 9 in the most wanted section and another one of my students under the same umbrella of special education with the same diagnosis going straight to prison.
Pg. 236. So just case in point, a lot of children , if you look at a child , one would just get upset and go off, and so you have to diffuse the situation. Sometimes children will take another child up on their threat and they will actually become physically abusive to another. In the meantime, I have other children to be responsible for and I have to take the time out to actually sit there and go through paperwork to write up the incident.
Pg. 253 I had a student that brought a gun into school, a student that tried to set another student on fire, I had a student that was shot in the stomach by his brother; students that come to school high, sell drugs, a student that set himself on fire while he was huffing. These are our students, these are the students that walk through our door, these are the children that we are trying to protect. This is an elementary school building.
Pg. 258 We have students that run out of the classroom and run out of the building; students that hit, bite, punch their classmates and the teachers. We have had numerous teachers this year that have been sent to the health clinic because of injuries from students. We have students that throw chairs, desks, and destroy classrooms; students that fight in the classroom.
Pg. 279 I am teaching second grade and the kids are throwing chairs at me, I can’t do it.
Pg. 243 We know that if the student is not in our room then they cannot learn. We also know that sometimes no one can learn because one student is in our room.
Pg. 253. I know two boys that sit up at night to protect their sister from their older brother.
Pg. 273 if you look at Indiana there are drug problems now everywhere in Indiana, I mean in rural, white communities there are drug problems.
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As soon as feasible.
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Agreed. Thank you for sharing your perspective, Melinda.
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
This post is our seventh of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. You may read our […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
This post is our seventh of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. You may read our […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
IAHE Action is disappointed to learn that Governor Pence has reversed his decision and decided to apply for federal funding to expand early childhood education in Indiana. Here is Indiana Association of Home […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 7 years, 12 months ago
Homeschool Student Essay Contest
Sponsored by our liberty-loving friends at the Coalition of Central Indiana Tea Parties
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years ago
This post is our fifth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither Indiana […]
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Agreed. I am sure it’s hard to keep information accurate from state to state. IAHE Action already had a close relationship with Nevada prior to working with them on this issue.
Thank you for your kind words. We are trying our best. There is a lot happening in Indiana. 🙂
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It is so very troubling. We hope the State puts a stop to schools labeling dropouts as homeschoolers. The IDOE website clearly states that only a parent or legal guardian is supposed to report enrollment. I have no idea how the schools are able to do it.
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
The Government believes that raising the next generation is a “shared” responsibility between it and a child’s family. They will even provide home visits. They are seeking your comments on their latest policy p […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 4 months ago
Bring your 8-12 yr. olds to Indianapolis for a One Day interactive field trip–TeenPact Indiana!
At TeenPact, you and your kids will experience a fun, fast-paced day at the Indiana Statehouse. Explore the t […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 5 months ago
On Monday, Congress unveiled the Every Student Succeeds Act, which is the Conference Committee report for the major reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The last time ESEA […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 5 months ago
IAHE has had concerns over the past several years as it noticed a shift in the attitudes of some regarding homeschool diplomas. There have been various instances in Indiana where questions have arisen regarding […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 6 months ago
As we gear up for the 2016 session of the Indiana General Assembly, IAHE Action thinks it would be a good time review our stance on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Home education rights rest […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 6 months ago
Indiana families were not the only ones that received letters regarding vaccinations from their State Department of Health which IAHE alerted Indiana home educators about in this post from mid-October. Michigan […]
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IAHE Action wrote a new post 8 years, 6 months ago
It was recently brought to our attention that the Indiana Department of Education had sent a memo to Superintendents and Principals giving guidance related to homeschoolers enrolled in one class in public school […]