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Number of home-schoolers in state rises again

Sep 12, 2012MelissaInformative, News

Number of home-schoolers in state rises again
By The Associated Press
This article was published today at 7:21 a.m.
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/sep/10/number-home-schoolers-state-rises-again/

LITTLE ROCK — The latest count of home-schooled students in Arkansas shows about 400 more students are learning at home compared to the previous year. The Arkansas Education Department said 16,405 students completed the 2011-2012 school year as home-schooled students. That’s compared with 16,003 in the prior year.

The figures were being presented Monday at the monthly Education Board meeting.

State records show that in 1986, 572 students were home-schooled in Arkansas. By 1992, the number was 3,140, and by 2002, 12,497 students were being taught at home. The 16,405 children home-schooled last academic year is equal to 3.5 percent of the state’s 468,000 public school students.

Life Lessons Learned at the Swimming Pool: NO RUNNING!

Jul 24, 2012ChristaInformative, Just For Fun, Preparing for CollegeInformative, Just For Fun, parenting, Weekend Activities

Who hasn’t heard that whistle blow and the lifeguard shout, “No Running!” As a parent it is easy to explain that running on the pool deck is dangerous simply because it is wet and it could cause us to slip and accidentally hurt yourself or someone else. As a child, though, we instinctively know that the shortest distance between the ladder and the diving board is a straight line and the best way to beat your friend and be the next in line is to RUN! (more…)

Productive Procrastination?!

Jun 26, 2012ChristaInformative, UncategorizedInformative, To-Do

I don’t know about you, but I have to plead very guilty to the charge of procrastination. That old quote, “never put off until tomorrow what can get done today,” has taken a new form in my life. I may not say it verbally, and it’s generally not even a conscious thought but often I act more like, “why do today what I can put off until tomorrow?”

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