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- Chicago Sun Times - May 2, 2000 - Homeschoolers set sights on college - Homeschooler in Pennsylvania gets highlighted in Chicago newspaper.
www.suntimes.com/education/home02.html
- Harvard Education Letter - March/April 2001 - The New Face of Homeschooling - Pertinent information regarding the recruitment of homeschoolers (those educating their children at home under PA School Code 1327.1) into newly formed cyber charters (public schools operating under Chapter 22 of the PA School Code).
edletter.org/past/issues/2001-ma/homeschool.shtml
- Pennsylvania Families & Schools, Pennsylvania Family Institute - February 2001 - PA Family Institute Article On Homeschoolers in Charter School
www.pafamily.org/publications/fs/02-01fs.html
- Philadelphia Enquirer - May 10, 2001 - HARRISBURG - Districts, state fight over funds for cyber schools.
inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/05/10/business/CYBER10.htm
- Philadelphia Inquirer - May 14, 2000 - - School starts for Gillian McHale with a cup of hot chocolate and a newspaper in bed, a luxury that is only possible when there are no buses to catch, classes to run to, pop quizzes to take.
web.philly.com/inquirer/2000/May/14/lifestyle/HOME14.htm
- Philadelphia Inquirer - October 3, 2000 - Web-based charter school is proposed - TEACH charter school article concerning the charter school specifically targeting homeschoolers.
web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/10/03/front_page/VIRTUAL03.htm
- Pittsburgh City Paper - November 19, 2000 - School of Hard Clicks - An article critical of homeschoolers enrolled in charter schools because money is drained from the Pittsburgh City Schools.
www.pghcitypaper.com/nz112900.html
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - July 3, 2000 -- Traffic officer waving goodbye to 31st St. Bridge post - Allegheny County Officer quits job to home school his eleven children, many of them adopted. This one will make you choke up. Eleven kids, most adopted, has prompted this officer to stay home and homeschool.
www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000731newsmaker5.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - June 17, 2001 - Forum: No more pencils, no more books - In this op-ed piece from Homeschooling father Bruce Barron, a coherent defense is made in support of Pennsylvania's Cyber Charter Schools.
www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010617barronforump9.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - June 27, 2000 - Charter school in Midland a big attraction - Charter school in Midland a big attraction - although not the main point of this article, homeschoolers in the Pittsburgh region are very interested in receiving tuition-free instruction at home. This may redefine public education and homeschooling to some extent.
www.post-gazette.com/neigh%5Fwest/20000627cyber1.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - June 30, 2000 - Forum (editorial) What I learned as a home-school parent - A parent attempts homeschooling in New York City while adhering to the requirements of the Mt Lebanon School District (go figure....) Not the greatest endorsement ever written.
www.post-gazette.com/forum/20000730edblotzer7.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - May 1, 2000 - Homeschooled students take unorthodox route to become top college candidates - Molly Richman, 16, is a high school senior whose standardized tests would at first blush make her seem ideally poised in the race for college admission.
www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000501homeschool5.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - May 1, 2000 - PA homeschoolers score well on 1999 SATs - Please note that these stats are only for those homeschooled students enrolled in the PHAA diploma program and in no way can be extrapolated to represent all homeschoolers in the state of Pennsylvania.
www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000501homeschoolchart9.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - October 25, 2000 -- Editorial: Religious non-issue - Editoral critical of Senatorial Candidate Ron Klink who impugns the homeschooling of Senator Santorum's children.
www.post-gazette.com/forum/20001025edklink2.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette - September 5, 2000 - There's no place like home-school - An article critical of homeschooling since the children won't learn how to handle bullies. Read the rebuttal in a letter to the editor: http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20000927edlets6.asp
www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20000905regcol.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazzette - December 29, 2000 - Cyber charter school in works - Allegheny Co Public School Superintendents form a charter school to win back those homeschoolers enrolled in the WPACCS.
www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20001229cyber6.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazzette - June 24, 2001 - Letter to the Editor - The socialization question is alive and well in this view opposed to cyber charters and homeschooling.
www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010624lets0624p8.asp
- Pittsburgh Post Gazzette - October 24, 2000 -- Klink accuses Santorum of religious prejudice - Newspaper article reporting the criticism of Santorum by Klink for homeschooling his children.
www.post-gazette.com/election2000/20001024debate5.asp
- Scranton Times - June 10, 2001 - Homeschooling Catching On - Home educated students excel in the Scranton Area.
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1930122&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
- The Mercury - September 28, 2000 - School choice may be just a click away - Homeschooled students are at the heart of REACHs target population, according to the charters mission statement. states the story describing Revolutionizing Education: Academy Cyber Charter School (REACH) in the September 28, 2000 in the Mercury (newspaper).
zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=907693&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6
- The Philadelphia Inquirer - September 3, 2000 - Little woman on campus, Jessica Meeker settles in to life at Penn State - at age 12 - Read about this Bellefonte homeschooled student.
web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/09/03/front_page/PSU03.htm
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