- German home-school families face US deportation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24804804 30 comments europe
- As a new school year begins, more than 50,000 Australian children will be home-schooled and in most cases, their parents are doing it illegally. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-28/thousands-of-parents-illegally-home-schooling/3798008 49 comments worldnews
- Home-schoolers dismantled state oversight. Now they fear pushback. Some states are considering new regulations amid efforts by school-choice advocates to give home-school families taxpayer funding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/28/homeschooling-regulation-esa-school-choice/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAzNzM5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA1MTIxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDM3Mzk2MDAsImp0aSI6IjkyYzI0NTU2LThmOWQtNDcxMy04ODJhLTg0Njc0YzQ1NzU4MiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8xMi8yOC9ob21lc2Nob29saW5nLXJlZ3VsYXRpb24tZXNhLXNjaG9vbC1jaG9pY2UvIn0.ZVnaeaOS39DdFIuBnhuRcmMJ77lKRlKwXFPaE7Z3zi0 56 comments politics
- Boy arrested after reporting a fake school shooting because he 'wanted to go home early' https://inshort.geartape.com/boy-arrested-after-reporting-a-fake-school-shooting-because-he-wanted-to-go-home-early/ 93 comments nottheonion
- Computer going absolutely bonkers at school. Fine at home. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/9tjs3h/computer_going_absolutely_bonkers_at_school_fine/ 4 comments techsupport
- What are your opinions on home schooling? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/8oqppf/what_are_your_opinions_on_home_schooling/ 11 comments india
- School sends 150 girls home 'because their skirts were too short' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/150-schoolgirls-sent-home-for-wearing-skirts-that-are-too-short-10487921.html 9 comments nottheonion
- Home schooling vs public schooling (comic) http://www.inflatablestudios.com/images/saff_01.jpg 9 comments reddit.com
- Boy Suspended from school for having sex at home http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4154105 31 comments reddit.com
- Stockholm school sends pupil home for wearing face mask https://www.thelocal.se/20210311/stockholm-school-sends-pupil-home-for-wearing-face-mask/ 21 comments europe
- DeSantis says if we can do Walmart and Home Depot, kids can be in school https://cbs12.com/news/local/desantis-says-if-we-can-do-walmart-and-home-depot-kids-can-be-in-school 80 comments politics
- Portugal has now a TV channel transmitting "school at home" and has more viewers than any other channel during the morning https://holofote.sapo.pt/televisao/2020-04-21-audiencias-rtp-memoria-lider-com-estudo-em-casa/ 19 comments europe
- Eastern Ukraine casualties highest since August 2015 - Civilian homes looted, schools and hospitals shelled or used by Ukrainian forces and armed groups http://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=20329&langid=e 55 comments europe
- Canadian Kids are Staying Home from School Because They Believe the WiFi is Making Them Sick http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/05/16/robyn-urback-former-microsoft-canada-head-joins-bizarre-fight-to-protect-schoolchildren-from-wi-fi/ 7 comments worldnews
- School Spy Laptops “Took Thousands Of Photos” Of Students In Homes http://www.prisonplanet.com/school-spy-laptops-took-thousands-of-photos-of-students-in-homes.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Florida Gov. DeSantis says schools can open if Walmart and Home Depot are open https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/florida-desantis-walmart-home-depot-schools-reopen/index.html 87 comments politics
- Nicola Sturgeon announces new ‘stay home’ order for Scotland and closes schools until February https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-stay-at-home-order-lockdown-sturgeon-b1782040.html?utm_content=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#echobox=1609769344 6 comments worldnews
- California torture case raises questions about home school regulation http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/us/california-turpin-home-schooling/index.html 15 comments politics
- When my sister was younger she came home from school one day and demanded I take her to the library so she could get books on sign language. http://lovegivesmehope.com/view/love/721 12 comments reddit.com
- Hong Kong police defuse two home-made bombs containing 10kg of explosives found on school grounds https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3041331/bomb-disposal-officers-deployed-after-two-suspected 8 comments worldnews
- Soldier dad on leave half way through 6 month tour away from home pulls kids from school to spend time with him, gets fined http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/soldier-dad-away-6-months-6872096#rlabs=3%20rt$category%20p$9 17 comments worldnews
- Hawaii man gets probation for making son walk 1 mile home from school http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/29/hawaii-man-gets-probation-for-making-kid-walk-1-mile-judge-calls-it-old-school/?intcmp=latestnews 881 comments nottheonion
- Cheap sewer pipe repairs can push toxic fumes into homes and schools – here's how to lower the risk https://theconversation.com/cheap-sewer-pipe-repairs-can-push-toxic-fumes-into-homes-and-schools-heres-how-to-lower-the-risk-192918 13 comments science
- Mile-long school bus convoy visits Ted Cruz’s home to protest gun violence https://www.axios.com/2022/07/15/bus-convoy-ted-cruz-home-gun-violence 175 comments politics
- Flooding caused by torrential rain has paralysed parts of the Philippine capital, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices and the stock exchange. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19159509 11 comments worldnews
- After learning a Uvalde school shooting survivor, who took rounds to the hands, arms, chest, and back, couldn’t go home bc she lived blocks from the shooter, the Correa Foundation partnered with others to build her family a new home. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Carlos-Correa-Uvalde-school-shooting-house-Mayah-17390255.php 178 comments baseball
- This Polish high school student decided to launch a fake online shop to offer a lifeline to victims trapped in their homes. Her idea won a European Union prize that came with €10,000 (£8,700; $12,120). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56172456 50 comments europe
- Looking to purchase a home prior to relocating for graduate school. How would financing work out if I currently make $85k, but will go down to a $23k stipend with maybe a few extra thousand a year from per diem work? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/69cuso/looking_to_purchase_a_home_prior_to_relocating/ 5 comments personalfinance
- 21, Graduating in May with a Great Job Offer -- Live at Home with Parent After School or Rent (NYC)? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5m538b/21_graduating_in_may_with_a_great_job_offer_live/ 20 comments personalfinance
- School in Bavaria has sent a letter home to parents warning them not to let their daughters wear revealing blouses or short skirts, because emergency accommodation for refugees has been set up next to the gym. http://www.thelocal.de/20150626/refugee-school-calls-for-uniform-modesty 85 comments europe
- North Carolina low performing charter school pays administrator and wife $300,000 salary and loaned them $175,000 to buy a home. Funded with taxpayer money. http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/at-low-performing-charter-school-administrator-earns-187000--206972091.html 301 comments politics
- 7 year old Israeli girl is afraid to walk the 300 meters between home and school because of the violence she has faced from ultra-Orthodox men who say her clothes are too revealing. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/petition-to-protest-ultra-orthodox-discrimination-against-7-year-old-beit-shemesh-girl-1.403396 1458 comments worldnews
- Wired story on school surveillance: one high school sent teens home with Chromebooks preloaded with monitoring software. Teens plugged their phones into laptops to charge them and texted normally. The monitoring software flagged for administrators when teens sent each other nudes. https://www.wired.com/story/student-monitoring-software-privacy-in-schools/ 233 comments privacy
- Xcel Wants To Invest $102 Million Into Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Future. 20 new programs to install charging infrastructure across homes, apartment buildings and office buildings. Also features a program aimed at electrifying school buses. Xcel would own much of the charging infrastructure. https://www.cpr.org/2020/05/18/xcel-wants-to-invest-102-million-into-colorados-electric-vehicle-future/ 9 comments energy
- Project Lead the Way (PLTW) middle school CS teacher, need ideas for online curriculum in at-home learning https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/frjl70/project_lead_the_way_pltw_middle_school_cs/ 4 comments learnprogramming
- Paedophiles to face chemical castration and possibly execution under Indonesia's brutal new laws: The new laws follow outcry over the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl on her way home from school in April http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-law-paedophile-chemical-castration-execution-rape-yuyun-sumatra-a7360716.html 5605 comments worldnews
- "How come more people are retiring in their early 20s? Why are middle-age men becoming stay-at-home dads? What's keeping women out of the workforce other than illness, kids or school?" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-04/yellen-s-job-puzzle-why-are-20-somethings-retiring- 7 comments business
- New database full of US citizen information, even on the most local levels, including health, home loans, credit cards, places of work, neighborhoods, even how their kids are disciplined in school. http://nypost.com/2015/07/18/obama-has-been-collecting-personal-data-for-a-secret-race-database/ 12 comments privacy
- The GOP’s absurd fear of all things U.N. "The conservative kaleidoscope continues to reveal a world where down is up, the solution to more mass shootings is more guns, and wheelchair ramps for the disabled lead to the end of home schooling. It’s mean, it’s mental — and, frankly, it’s a menace." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-absurd-fear-of-all-things-un/2012/12/10/c8b5a50a-42e2-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html?tid=socialss 563 comments politics
- The Americans, beginning 1991, bombed for 12 years, with one excuse or another; then invaded, then occupied, overthrew the government, killed wantonly, tortured. The people of that unhappy land lost everything - their homes, their schools, their electricity, their clean water, their environment... http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer85.html 18 comments politics