REMEMBER: If you are participating in a Home School Coalition or as an Independent, if the Coalition or you yourself accept any type of Federal Grants or Voucher funds for your child's education, the Federal government now controls their education.
WHAT the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS - IT OWNS!
Home School Programs This Website Supports
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FPE has purposed to avoid CCS-aligned materials. Any of its resources published by companies that have now aligned were purposely chosen to pre-date the CCS (i.e., copyright dates prior to 2010)
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Materials written by Classical Conversations and used in the program are not CC aligned, and they will continue to recommend only non-CCS editions of Saxon Math. The program does suggest a math resource from Scholastic, which is CC aligned, but it is an optional tutor resource, not required in the actual curriculum. It also includes one book from Instructional Fair, but that resource was published in 1999. However, in 2015 Classical Conversations became a significant corporate sponsor for National Number Knockout (N2K), which advertised that it “helps meet Common Core...standards.” Classical Conversations “supports N2K's efforts by hosting [its] online downloads and sales” on the Classical Conversations website.
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Seton utilizes Modern Curriculum Press (MCP) for some math, geography, and vocabulary. However, it currently uses editions from 1994, 2003, and 2005, which are not CCS-aligned. Aligned materials will be copyrighted 2010 or later.
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Home Schooling in the United States is legal under regulating conditions and varies state by state.
There are currently 2.5 million chldlren in the U.S. being Home Schooled. LINK
There are currently 2.5 million chldlren in the U.S. being Home Schooled. LINK
LIST OF HOME SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS STATE BY STATE!
National Number Knockout, or N2K, is a math competition and they state it encourages the improvement of calculating speed and accuracy in young students. I have not met a parent who child has used this so I cannot comment on its effectiveness - but to remember it will help with Common Core which leads me to believe they intend to upgrade their Saxon Math curriculum to later versions which are aligned to the Common Core.
The Problem with the Coverdell for Homeschool Families
The problem that has faced homeschoolers is that the federal law that created the Coverdell defined eligible expenses as costs associated only with public and private school costs. So the Coverdell cannot be used for homeschool expenses, unless a family is operating their homeschool program as a private school in one of the 14 states where a homeschool is treated as a private school.
Homeschoolers in the other 36 states, therefore, cannot use a Coverdell, unless they are using it solely for college costs.
Last year after Anita Hoge wrote her articles warning against Ted Cruz's S.306 bill, some came out stating Homeschooling parents should not be concerned as they could use the Coverdell funds. As you can see this is currently true in only 14 states.
Homeschoolers in the other 36 states, therefore, cannot use a Coverdell, unless they are using it solely for college costs.
Last year after Anita Hoge wrote her articles warning against Ted Cruz's S.306 bill, some came out stating Homeschooling parents should not be concerned as they could use the Coverdell funds. As you can see this is currently true in only 14 states.
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