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Is Home Schooling a Challenge to Public Schools?
Home schooling is now legal in all 50 states, an increasing challenge to what's called "the monopoly" of public schools. Do home-schooled kids get the education they need in a high-tech society? Does home schooling mean religious and ethnic isolation in a diverse democracy?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenHome schooling is now legal in all 50 states, an increasing challenge to what's called "the monopoly" of public schools.Do home-schooled kids get the education they need in a high-tech society?Does home schooling mean religious and ethnic isolation in a diverse democracy? Plus, another attempt to rally the American public on Iraq, and a look at California's new law against global warming and Arnold Schwarzenegger's challenge to President Bush.
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3 storiesPresident Bush Starts His Latest Iraq Offensive
President Bush today made the first of what he called "a series of speeches" to rally Americans behind the war in Iraq. He said opponents may be "sincere" and "patriotic," but that they were wrong and that a pullout now would be a boon to terrorists.
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Home schooling is on the increase as an alternative to what's called the "cultural monopoly" of public schools. After decades of courtroom battles, the practice is legal in every state, some of which regulate it while others don't, and has become an increasing challenge to what's called "the monopoly" of public schools.
Read the story34 minSchwarzenegger on Board to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a deal with the Democrats who run the state legislature in California. A new law will make this the first state to set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions covering all sectors of the economy.
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