Comments on: Unschooling: Evaluations & Portfolios http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/11/evaluations-portfolios/ “Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.” -- Mark Twain Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:53:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Rebecca Murphy http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/11/evaluations-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Rebecca Murphy Mon, 24 May 2010 20:34:42 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=327#comment-2502 Home Schooling is also nice since you get to always see your kids.".- Home Schooling is also nice since you get to always see your kids.”.-

]]> By: michele james-parham http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/11/evaluations-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 michele james-parham Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:30:58 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=327#comment-2461 I feel like the answer depends on several things. Where will your 'current place of residence' be while you are "on the mission field"? Will PA be your place of residence or will the foreign country you are traveling to become that place...this might depend on how long you are going to be gone. If PA can't or won't be considered your 'current place of residence', then the country you are visiting will be or possible the home state of the organization/church you will be on your mission with will become your place of residence -- I'm not entirely sure how this works. Secondly, if you will be bringing along a teacher for your children, then you can simply notify your current school district that your children will have a private tutor. This site explains the private tutor option for PA families: http://home.comcast.net/~askpauline/hs/homeschooltutor.html Last, for me, I wouldn't concern myself too much with it. The PA dept. of education isn't going to track you down wherever you are doing mission work...especially if you are going to be gone for the entirety of a school year or longer -- they'll assume you moved and just didn't tell them ;-) But, that's what I would do, not necessarily legal or what other people should do. I feel like the answer depends on several things. Where will your ‘current place of residence’ be while you are “on the mission field”? Will PA be your place of residence or will the foreign country you are traveling to become that place…this might depend on how long you are going to be gone. If PA can’t or won’t be considered your ‘current place of residence’, then the country you are visiting will be or possible the home state of the organization/church you will be on your mission with will become your place of residence — I’m not entirely sure how this works.

Secondly, if you will be bringing along a teacher for your children, then you can simply notify your current school district that your children will have a private tutor. This site explains the private tutor option for PA families: http://home.comcast.net/~askpauline/hs/homeschooltutor.html

Last, for me, I wouldn’t concern myself too much with it. The PA dept. of education isn’t going to track you down wherever you are doing mission work…especially if you are going to be gone for the entirety of a school year or longer — they’ll assume you moved and just didn’t tell them ;-) But, that’s what I would do, not necessarily legal or what other people should do.

]]> By: Glenda Weaver http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/11/evaluations-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Glenda Weaver Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:25:37 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=327#comment-2459 Hello! I need a question answered. My family and I will be leaving the states to work on the mission field. We are looking to take along a teacher for our children: a seventh grader and a ninth grader. Will we still have to apply under PA home-schooling laws? Thanks! Glenda Weaver Hello!
I need a question answered. My family and I will be leaving the states to work on the mission field. We are looking to take along a teacher for our children: a seventh grader and a ninth grader. Will we still have to apply under PA home-schooling laws?
Thanks! Glenda Weaver

]]> By: Idzie http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/11/evaluations-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Idzie Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:06:54 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=327#comment-2185 Ah, homeschooling laws... Here in Quebec the laws are very vague and open to interpretation, which sadly leaves homeschoolers open to harassment from the school board if it decides to do so. Because of that reason, most QC homeschoolers choose not to register with the school board at all, and remain "underground". It saddens me that in so many places, homeschooling laws are so shitty! Ah, homeschooling laws… Here in Quebec the laws are very vague and open to interpretation, which sadly leaves homeschoolers open to harassment from the school board if it decides to do so. Because of that reason, most QC homeschoolers choose not to register with the school board at all, and remain “underground”. It saddens me that in so many places, homeschooling laws are so shitty!

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