European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Its courses Are now sent to 4,400 students around the Globe including children of missionaries entertainers military and state department personnel. Current headmaster William Kirk said Calvert opposes use of its courses to avoid Public school and requires permission from local officials for course use. There Are Many advantages to Home instruction. One it that the child can move at his own Pace in doing the work. I also think they learn More because it is a tutorial situation Kirk said. We have proved it is possible to get an education without going to  yield and Ronald Painter of Suffolk va., converted their Den into a classroom where mrs. Painter teaches their 6-year-old son Edward using Calvert school mate i m not saying this is for everyone but we believe it is Best for Edward said mrs. Painter. She began her Home school last year after her son went to  Ponc school. It s a lot of hard work for me she said. You must be dedicated. But we think it is Worth it. Our son is  traditional educators claim children schooled at Home Are being being placed in isolation away from resources and relationships. They fear that despite the Good intentions of parents these children May be shortchanged in their education. In Many cases the traditional educators have hauled parents into court. They May begin with the greatest of intentions but lifter a while what s going to happen i think it would a wry difficult Loht up fire hours of Dally instruction at Home and maintain ii talk or. Carl Rhim assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Virginia. Holt on the other hand says Home schooling should t have to be hard work. Kids could t stand six hours a Day of teaching he said. Learning is not the product of teaching. Parents have to learn to teach less to get out of their kids Way to resist this impulse to control their learning. You have to provide support sympathy and respect. If you like your kids enjoy watching them make sense of the world you la have no problem with Home education. But that rules out most of the american people Holt said. Albert Shanker president of the american federation of teachers Calls the Home study movement very interesting but one that in t practical for most families. These Days both parents Are working. A majority of women Are working. Rather than having the kids in the Home we think education programs will have to expand in conjunction with Early Day care programs to provide care and learning for children he said. In some instances parents can do a pretty Good Job teaching their children but in most cases they cannot Shanker said. You have to remember there arc Many alternatives private schools parochial schools alter native education schools special  George Nichols had a court fight on his hands when he pulled his 13-year-old son Brian out of school in Jack son s Mill . Last year. Nichols believed Brian would do better at Home because of a learning disability. A judge ordered the family and school officials to Settle their differences. At Home Nichols said his son has made a quantum leap in his schooling compared to what it had been in the Public  Nichols reached Back into history to defend his move. All of the great classic thinkers whether inventors philosophers or Waterer were not part of the Public or Normal school system. Most were considered screwball or oddballs and did t seem to fit in. We re teaching our child to lire up to his potential. We Hare no predetermined plan a said. Most families have avoided court suits by getting prior approval of Home study programs. In some cases they Are finding local cooperation. Holt Aid More schools Are cooperating with Parent who Are keeping their youngsters at Home by offering use of their libraries gymnasiums end other facilities or activities of interest. I never sent my kids to school i have always taught them at Home. 1 have been approved by the state every year Catherine Lowther of Hardwick vt., wrote in Holt s growing without schooling newsletter. The local authorities have been Friendly supportive and even enthusiastic. The local school Board has bought All our books and materials to be returned to them when we Are finished with them she wrote. Other families have found assistance in Home Educa Tion from so called cover schools which provide registration for Oul of state people and information for those interested in setting up Home schools. De Nagl coordinator of the National association for the Legal support of Home schools described a student cover school the Santa be Community school inner Mexico. It began in 1974. We very Seldom get a person saying he just wants a Legal cover. Most people want a better education than they think they can get in Public schools Nagel said. Students enrol but Don t Hare to show up for class Bat must file Progress reports and Prore completion of certain amount of work to graduate. Hie school uses general Surrey tests to gauge Prog Ress. If parents wish to Send their children to More Struc tured schools later on the Santa pc Community school forwards the child s records and Grade level recommendations to the new school. It s not a correspondence school Nagl said. We Don t Send pre packaged pc canned educational pro Grams to people in addition to the usual reasons of drugs violence and competitive pressure Nagl said some students Are taught at Home because they arc Way ahead of their Grade and Are just Plain bored with Public school. They just want a better learning  clo Lara inc., is an Ann Arbor mich., alternative school and child care Center that provides help for Home education. It also serves As a cover school for people outside Michigan. Founder and director Patricia Montgomery a certified teacher for 27 years and former roman Catholic nun with a . In education said Home schooling is gaining popularity because people want More  it is important that children Hare As much a say As parents in the kind of education they wish she said. If they Don to then you re perpetuating another kind of totalitarian system. This is what we have to Point out to the schools Montgomery said. Escape Public education9 Homas Ferraro i press International Ridge trim Octal rather scape Duca Public us a Ling Imore fends. Blic Hind talk would tiers lire today said Grigg we can t do much about higher taxes and inflation and a lot of other things that Are wrong. But we can do something about education. We made our  Home the children Are taught the same subjects As in Public school ranging from English to Art appreciation with the Aid of correspondence courses provided by the Calvert school a private institution in Baltimore. "1 Learned More in the past six months with Calvert and my mom teaching than i did in the past three years said Nicole. Really. I still have trouble with spelling but i m working on  june 12, the Griggs were convicted by a Chesa Peake juvenile court judge of violating Virginia s compulsory school attendance Laws by refusing to enrol the girls in either a Public or a traditional private school. On aug. 7, the couple was ordered to comply w .1 the Law by enrolling Stephanie and Nicole in a  or private school by september or hire a certified instructor to teach them at  other couples were earlier brought to court and were acquitted of the same charge by judges who agreed Virginia s definition of a private school is so vague that their respective Home schools were within the guidelines. The Grigs plan to comply with the Law but press their Appeal during their trial Nicole was called to the stand and asked by the prosecutor if she liked going to school at Home. No she replied. I love it. Tatter 14, 1980 Vicki Grigg gives a lesson to her two daughters in their Chesapeake va., Home. The stars and stripes Page 13