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Indiana Academic Standards Release
IAHE received this from the Governor's office: Friends, The Indiana Department of Education (DOE) and Center for Education and Career Innovation (CECI) today released the final draft of proposed academic standards for Math and English/Language Arts that will guide...
Beyond Trophies: Navigating the World of Competition With a Biblical Compass
The whole world is about competition. From backyard races to the Olympics, 4-H projects to corporate promotions, sports to scholarships, and from music contests to family room Monopoly games, competition is everywhere. Competition drives a free economy. And even...
Homeschooling and Political Tolerance
This is Big News: The Homeschooled More Politically Tolerant? New research on political intolerance will likely surprise many people, especially negative critics of parent-led home-based education. . . . . We at IAHE believe in the work of NHERI.org and Dr. Brian Ray....
IAHE Has a Complete Board of Directors
IAHE is pleased to announce that we now have a complete Board of Directors! Dan and Shawn King have been serving as Region 9 Representatives and have agreed to join the Board. Dan and Shawn live in Clinton, Indiana, with their four children, Danny (15), Abbie (13),...
Comparison Between “New” Indiana Standards & Common Core
As many of you have observed, there is little difference between the Common Core and the "new" Indiana Standards. We've been anticipating Hoosiers Against Common Core's comparison of the two sets. It is disappointing to see that Common Core has been repackaged as...
The Troubling “Process” of Developing “New” Indiana Standards
Home educators are concerned about the Common Core because it's an attempt to nationalize education. We are troubled by what we've observed in the process of developing "new" Indiana standards that look very similar to the "old" Common Core standards. Dr. Terrence...
Voucher Viruses: Infection under the Guise of School “Choice”
IAHE and HSLDA oppose vouchers for home schools due to the attached strings. We believe it's very important that homeschoolers understand the reasons why this "school choice" option is not helpful to our movement. Dawn Kazmierzak's blog post likens vouchers to a...
Common Core Update: HACC and AFA Release Preliminary Report on the New “Draft” Indiana Standards for K-12 Math
(Shared by Request from Hoosiers Against Common Core.) Today Hoosiers Against Common Core and the American Family Association of Indiana released a preliminary report, written by Ze'ev Wurman, on the new "draft" Indiana Standards for K-12 Math. It is attached...