For days, the controversy surrounding Circleville High School (Ohio) valedictorian Melanio C. Acosta IV had been circulating around the internet but, as of last weekend, local media has not picked it up. I probably wouldn’t have read about it had not a friend, and an aunt of Acosta, told me that Acosta is a Filipino [...]

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The school year began a week ago for a lot of kids. Mine won’t go back to school until Friday. And that’s a good thing, really, since I’ve been out of commission for the past so many days. If your kids are like mine, then the school year opening also means no more sleeping late [...]

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You’d think you’ve heard it all after learning about how fake college diplomas can be bought along C.M. Recto Avenue in Manila. You’d think nothing could be more shocking than people who hired themselves out as ghost thesis writers.
Well, the fake education culture has gone a step farther. Thesis-writers-for-hire are actively advertising themselves on the [...]

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Today’s column: Religion, education and the Constitution
Religion, education and the Constitution
Stefanie Patag, a U.S. based Filipina mother who has been home-schooling her children for the past several years, sent me links to web pages about recent legal developments and community discussions on the right of parents to homeschool their children.
The main issue is whether parents [...]

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From Steph, links to recent discussions on homeschooling vis a vis Constitutional rights.
The full text of the controversial decision in In re Rachel L. [No. B192878. Second Dist., Div. Three. Feb. 28, 2008.]
Basically, does compulsory education encroach upon the parents’ right to choose homeschooling?

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