Opinion
Song About ‘Home’ Offers Sophisticated View of America
Whether intentional or not, the country tune exposes a constant tension in American history and in the nature of American patriotism.
Opinion
Homeschooling Goes To College
More students taught in home settings are achieving successful results in higher education.
News
Homeschooling Report Misses Mark
RALEIGH — Five murder cases, cited by “CBS Evening News” Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 to prove that homeschooling parents use the educational alternative to hide child abuse, showed instead that other factors were responsible for the family tragedies. In most cases, child-welfare officials or local law enforcement were already aware of problems before the situations turned deadly. But the network reported that there was a “dark side of homeschooling,” in which parents exploited allegedly lax homeschooling laws to hide the abuse, and even murder, of their children.
News
CBS Defends Homeschool Reports
RALEIGH — CBS News President Andrew Heyward, in response to a complaint by Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-7th) and 32 other congressmen alleging that news reports last year reflected poorly on homeschooling, defended the network's stories that connected child abuse to the growing educational movement. “it is unfortunate that few of you actually saw the reports in question,” he wrote. “Despite what your constituents may have told you, this was not an attack on home schools.” McIntyre was the only Democrat to sign the letter.
News
CBS Defends Homeschool Reports
RALEIGH — CBS News President Andrew Heyward, in response to a complaint by Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-7th) and 32 other congressmen alleging that news reports last year reflected poorly on homeschooling, defended the network's stories that connected child abuse to the growing educational movement. “it is unfortunate that few of you actually saw the reports in question,” he wrote. “Despite what your constituents may have told you, this was not an attack on home schools.” McIntyre was the only Democrat to sign the letter.
News
Teacher of the Year Speaks Out
WINSTON-SALEM — Winston-Salem played host to more than 8,500 North Carolina home schoolers in May who were attending the 19th annual North Carolinians for Home Education conference and book fair. Retired teacher John Taylor Gatto was featured in three conference lectures. Gatto is a 26-year veteran of the New York City public school system. He received the New York City Teacher of the Year Award many times during his career, and in 1991 was named New York state teacher of the year.
