Kentucky Homeschooling
How do I get started homeschooling my child? Does Kentucky have any special legal requirements? Where can I find a support group? How can I get help with teaching math? We have all the answers to questions like these and more! With tips, ideas, and information on everything from unschooling to structured curriculums, we can help you successfully homeschool in Kentucky.
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Make Room for Homeschoolers: Children Educated at Home Can help Make a Library More Fantastic
This unique library program in Floyd County, Indiana, offers ideas on how to provide programming for the homeschooling community.
Rose v. Council for Better Education
Summary of Rose v. Council for Better Education decision. The court was asked to determine whether the existing educational funding system, which includes a minimum foundation level and "power equalization formula", was an efficient system of funding as required by section 183 of the Kentucky constitution. The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts ruling that the existing system of finance did not satisfy the requirement of an efficient educational system.
Rose v. Council for Better Education
Rose V. Council for Better Education, Inc., 790 S.W.2d 186, 60 Ed. Law Rep. 1289 (1989), established education as a fundamental right in Kentucky. This is the text of that decision.
Christian Home Educators of Kentucky (CHEK)
Christian Home Educators of Kentucky (CHEK) is a statewide home schooling educational and informational organization established to assist families who choose to educate their children according to the dictates of their conscience and their fundamental rights as parents. CHEK's goal is to better equip home schoolers with the necessary skills, tools, and information to successfully fulfill their convictions and the God-mandated responsibility to train and educate their children in the nurture and...
Newport Aquarium
Twelve themed galleries feature underwater life at the state-of-the art facility located across the river from downtown Cincinnati at Newport on the Levee. The Newport Aquarium is home to thousands of animals in a million gallons of water.
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward. Today the trail encompasses about 2,200 miles of land and water routes, and traverses portions of nine states.
Kentucky Revised Statute KRS 159.010 Parent or custodian to send child to school
Section (2) refers to children between the ages of 16 and 18 who wish to terminate their public or nonpublic education prior to graduating from high school. Stipulates requirements to be fulfilled for this exemption to be granted.
Louisville Science Center
The Louisville Science Center is the State Science Center of Kentucky. The Center encourages the understanding of science, mathematics and technology through hands-on exhibits, IMAX® films and educational programs.
Frazier Historical Arms Museum
The Frazier, in collaboration with the Royal Armouries (Britain's oldest museum), holds in trust one of the greatest collections of arms, armor and related historical artifacts in the world. Contains a priceless collection of arms, armor and related historical artifacts spanning 1,000 years, housed in a 100,000 square feet, state-of-the-art museum in downtown Louisville.
Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
The Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium is designed to provide a unique learning environment primarily for astronomy and space science education. The theater is designed for highly accurate presentations of astronomy, surrounding the audience with a 360 degree projected view of the night sky. Located in Louisville.
Kentucky Revised Statute KRS 159.030 Exemptions from compulsory attendance.
This statute details the requirement for compulsory school attendance for all children between the ages of 6 and 16. Those who are enrolled and regularly attending a non-public school are exempt from this provision.
Bluegrass Home Educators
In 1996 Bluegrass Home Educators began as a local home school support group based in Lincoln County. Now Bluegrass Home Educators is an organization which reaches home schoolers throughout the state of Kentucky, primarily via the internet. Their purposes are to inform people about their right to home school, share knowledge, provide information about available resources, and promote home schooling throughout Kentucky.
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Throughout the ages, poets, songwriters, novelists, journal writers, historians and artists have captured the grandeur of the Cumberland Gap. Thanks to the vision of Congress, who in 1940 authorized Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, visitors today can still bask in its beauty and immerse themselves in its rich history. The story of the first doorway to the west is commemorated at the national park, located where the borders of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet. Carved by wind and wat...
Homeschool Kentucky
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Kentucky Home School Requirements & Information
Kentucky Department of Education information site with a summary of the laws pertaining to home education.
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Home Education: A Homeschooling Classic
Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural...
Montessori Life
Designed to provoke thought, professional growth and provide a forum for discussion of major issues & ideas in education.
Explode The Code
Explode The Code provides a sequential, systematic approach to phonics in which students blend sounds to build vocabulary and read words, phrases, sentences, and stories. Frequent review of previously learned concepts helps increase retention. Each w...
The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason believed that children need to be trained to see, to have their eyes opened, in order to find joy in life. This work explains the value of using the method of writing in journals or notebooks, as derived from the expansive work of Cha...
In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences
Children learn in differing ways. Thomas Armstrong specializes in helping parents identify the unique areas in each of our children that enhance their special way of learning and expressing creativity. This work on multiple intelligences talks about ...
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