![]() Pennsylvania Homeschoolers. Blog. PA Homeschoolers is NO longer able to offer a testing service for homeschoolers. Susan Richman, 2/1. Pennsylvania Homeschoolers is no longer offering ANY group testing services at all. We regret this decision, as I know many found this a terrific way to meet your testing requirements. Time constraints meant we had to give this up- - our PA Homeschoolers AP Online classes and our work with the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency programs is indeed taking all of our available time right now. I do have some suggestions on ways that families can find another possible testing option: Read more.. Western PA History course - - 4th - 6th graders.. Cooperative project with Meadowcroft Rock Shelter & Village, Fort Pitt Museum, and Heinz History Center! Understanding Arguments 9th Edition Download![]()
In the fifth century B.C.E., Zeno of Elea offered arguments that led to conclusions contradicting what we all know from our physical experience. Edwards, Government in America 16e 2014 Election Edition ©2016 MyPoliSciLab. If you are using the edition(s) listed above, click on the student registration link below. Amanda E. Mc. Allen, Heinz History Center, 7/2. Editor's Note from Susan Richman: Always great to hear about new offerings from the many wonderful Pennsylvania museums to help homeschoolers develop exciting learning programs! Hope many of you living in Western PA enjoy taking part in these great *field trip* outings in the Heinz History Center's new homeschool course! Hello to all! We are excited to announce our upcoming local history Homeschool Course, Adventures in Time and Place, at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, Fort Pitt Museum, and the Heinz History Center this fall. This is a new initiative for us, based on feedback from homeschooling families indicating a preference for course- style programs. Students from 4th to 6th grades will have the opportunity to visit all three of our sites to learn about the history of Western Pennsylvania from prehistory to the 2. Course sessions will include a range of hands- on and interactive experiences, investigations of objects, and archival material. For students wishing to visit just one site, a $2. For students wishing to participate in the whole course (all 3 sites), we offer a reduced rate of $5. Read more.. Two spring testing locations with PA Homeschoolers- - Indiana PA and West Shore Harrisburg PASusan Richman, 2/1. We are pleased to be able to offer two testing dates for homeschooling families this spring: Testing Dates and Locations: A. Tuesday, March 1. Indiana PA B. Wednesday, April 6, 2. Harrisburg Area. Time: 9: 3. NO science and social studies is offered in afternoon. Who can test?? Any homeschooler in grade 3 to 1. Cost per student: $3. Check the LINK to TESTING SERVICE and you'll see all info- - or just head to our online store to register and pay online. Hope to see many of you there! Remember- - testing is required under the Pennsylvania home education law in grades 3, 5 and 8. Testing is *optional* in other grade levels. Under the changes in the law made in fall of 2. NOT need to be turned in directly to the local school district. I feel that evaluators *should affirm* that testing was completed as required, and that these results were included in the portfolio that they reviewed. Susan Richman, PA Homeschoolers. Read more.. YES! Three November Testing Sites with the Terra. Nova Achievement Test- - just in WESTERN PA! Susan Richman, 9/2. Yes, finally here's an UPDATE on our Fall Testing Service! Thanks for your patience, everyone! We will *only* be testing in Western PA this fall- - our work with our AP Online classes is taking most of our 'homeschooling time' these days, and so we've needed to scale back our testing services. Testing Dates and Locations: Thursday November 5, 2. Latrobe PAMonday November 9, 2. New Castle PATuesday November 1. Altoona PATime: 9: 3. NO science and social studies is offered in afternoon. Who can test?? Any homeschooler in grade 3 to 1. Cost per student: $3. Check the LINK to TESTING SERVICE and you'll see all info- - or just head to our online store to register and pay online.. Read more.. Looking for Math Enrichment or Math Tutoring Help??? A Great Online Resource for Homeschooling Families! Joshua Klur, private math teacher / tutor, private math teacher / tutor. NOTE from Susan Richman, editor: I was delighted to hear from very experienced math teacher, Joshua Klur, from the Philadelphia area, about his many new math opportunities tailored for homeschooling students, including his new online math enrichment program for middle and high school students called 'Math. Freax' and small group classes for homeschoolers Homeschool Math Mastery Program. Here's what Josh wrote to me: I've been a teacher for 1. This year I decided to leave the classroom, and I'm offering a number of services around math education. A passion of mine has been working with stronger math students, both individually and in small groups, and helping them truly excel and reach their fullest potential. To this end I created a program geared specifically towards homeschooled students who are strong in math and want to go further. Definitely check out his websites to learn more at www. AND below is a thought- provoking blog article from Josh that shows his unique way of looking at students and math. Josh offers individual tutoring, standardized test- prep in mathematics, and his amazing 2. Math. Freax Challenge' program. Great *blog* articles about math learningtoo at Josh's site- - very appropriate for homeschooling parents. The Importance of Math Enrichmentby Josh Klur. We can plan the world’s greatest lessons, but if they aren’t tailored to the students we have, the lessons won’t be as successful as they could, and should, be. We must remember that we’re teaching specific students with a wide variety of strengths and challenges. Although this makes planning activities particularly challenging, we have to meet the individual needs of the students, not force them to conform to a one- size- fits- all curriculum. In math education there has been a long- standing debate, with well- intentioned educators and policy- makers taking diametrically opposed positions around how best to meet the needs of students. Some feel that it best meets the needs of students to group them with others of similar skills, abilities, and motivations (of course, how these things are measured is another hotbed of debate). These people argue for “regular” and “advanced” classes (and maybe some type of “remedial” classes as well). Others feel that it’s better to teach a wide range of students in the same place at the same time. Whatever your particular beliefs on this, it can’t be denied that different students in the same grade or at the same age will often be in different places in terms of their abilities, depth of understanding, and motivation in math. Some eighth graders might be struggling to add negative numbers, while others may be solving quadratic equations with ease. All students, regardless of their strengths and challenges, deserve to be met where they are, taught based on their skills and abilities and not taught the same content as students with very different skills and abilities.. Read more.. Yes! Registration now open for our two Spring Testing Dates! Indiana PA and Harrisburg PA.. Susan Richman, 1/2. We now have information all updated on our two PA Homeschoolers spring testing sites- - we'll be in Indiana PA on Thursday, March 2. West Shore of Harrisburg on Wednesday, April 2. We'll be testing students in grades 3 and up. Pre- registration (online or via 'snailmail') is just $3. See full info by clicking on the TESTING SERVICE link. Classes involve hands- on lab experiences and active science enrichment learning. February 2. 0, 2. Animals in Winter: Discover the variety of ways animals in Pennsylvania survive the cold winter temperatures. March 6, 2. 01. 5: Life on the Savanna: Students will learn how animals interact and survive on the savanna in Africa. March 1. 8, 2. 01. Insects: Using live animals and museum specimens, students will learn about this diverse group of animals. Each program will be offered: 9: 3. K- 4th focus. 1: 0. Read more.. Senator Toomey sponsoring bill that would make it easier for grandparents to help their homeschooled grandchildren Howard Richman, 1. Here's the text of a press release from Senator Toomey's office: WASHINGTON, D. C. Senator Pat Toomey (R- Pa.) wants to make it easier for all parents to save for their children’s education. He is supporting the 4. Kids) Education Savings Account Act, which increases the annual contribution a person can make to a Coverdell Education Savings Account to $1. Currently, the Coverdell ESA can be used to cover K- 1. Toomey’s legislation would permit parents who homeschool a child to use these accounts to offset the cost of books, supplies, and equipment. Further, this measure permits an account holder to roll unused funds into a Roth IRA or to be used to purchase a first home.. Read more.. Updated Guide to PA Homeschool Law available free on PHAA website. Howard Richman, 1. Susan and I just updated our Guide to PA Homeschool Law to reflect the changes in the law that went into effect on October 3. HB 1. 01. 3 was signed by Governor Corbett. You can read and print out your own free copy of this 2. URL: http: //phaa. Our 3. 2 page Guide to the PA Homeschoolers Diploma is also available as a free download on the same website: http: //phaa. If you lose these links, you can find then both on the home page of the PHAA (Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency) website: www. Read more.. HB 1. House today. It awaits Governor Corbett's signature. Howard Richman, 1. The homeschool bill, HB 1. PA House of Representtives today. The vote ws 1. 29 to 6. It is sure to be signed by Governor Corbett before the election.. It awaits a possible concurrence vote in the House today. Howard Richman, 1. Yesterday, the homeschool bill (House Bill 1. PA senate by a vote of 3. The House still has to . The PA House convenes at 1. Thursday session. The changes made by that committee were very minor, simply a few clarifications of wordings. The bill just needs to get voted on by the Senate, voted on again by the House, and then it would go to the Governor. Ibn al- Rawandi - Wikipedia. Ibn Al- Rawandi. Born. CEGreater Khorasan. Died. 86. 0 or 9. CEunknown. Occupation. Writer. Abu al- Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al- Rawandi (Persian: . In his early days, he was a Mu'tazilite scholar, but after rejecting the Mu'tazilite doctrine, he adhered to Shia Islam for a brief period before becoming a freethinker who repudiated Islam and revealed religion. But then he became estranged from his fellow Mu'tazilites, and formed close alliances with Shia Muslims and then with non- Muslims (Manichaeans, Jews and perhaps also Christians). He then became a follower of the Manichaean zindiq. Abu Isa al- Warraq in which he wrote several books that criticized revealed religion. Some look for the roots of his heresy in his connections with Shi'ism, and depict him as a Mu'tazilite. Some regard him as an Aristotelian philosopher, while others see him as a radical atheist, and some stress the political challenge he presented to the Islamic polity. Scholars also try to account for the more positive view of Ibn al- Rawandi in some Muslim sources. Josef van Ess in particular has suggested an original interpretation that aims at accommodating all the contradictory information. Van Ess notes that the sources which portray Ibn al- Rawandi as a heretic are predominantly Mutazilite and stem from Iraq, whereas in eastern texts he appears in a more positive light. As an explanation for this difference, van Ess suggests . He further suggests that Ibn al- Rawandi's notoriety was the result of the fact that after Ibn al- Rawandi left Baghdad, . This is borne out by citations from his other writings, besides the Kitab al- Zumurrud and The Futility of (Divine) Wisdom (Abath al- hikma). Subjects discussed in the Kitab al- Zumurrud. At the time of the performance of a supposed miracle only a small number of people could be close enough to the Prophet to observe his deeds. Reports given by such a small number of people cannot be trusted, for such a small group can easily have conspired to lie. The Muslim tradition thus falls into the category of flimsy traditions, those based on a single authority (khabar al- ahad) rather than on multiple authorities (khabar mutawatir). These religious traditions are lies endorsed by conspiracies. The Zumurrud points out that Muhammad's own presuppositions (wad) and system (qanun) show that religious traditions are not trustworthy. The Jews and Christians say that Jesus really died, but the Qu'ran contradicts them. Ibn al- Rawandi also points out specific Muslim traditions, and tries to show that they are laughable. The tradition that the angels rallied round to help Muhammad is not logical, because it implies that the angels of Badr were weaklings, able to kill only seventy of the Prophet's enemies. And if the angels were willing to help Muhammad at Badr, where were they at Uhud, when their help was so badly needed? Muslim rituals. It goes on to ask why Safa and Marwa are venerated, and what difference there is between them and any other hill in the vicinity of Mecca, for example the hill of Abu Qubays, and why the Kaaba is any better than any other house. This sketch of the arguments contained in the Zumurrud confirms several of the conclusions presented in previous sections of the present study. It shows the close similarity between the Majalis Muayyadiyya,Maturidi, and the Tathbit, and thus corroborates the claim that they derive from the same source, the Zumurrud. It also strengthens the impression that all three sources summarize rather than quote the Zumurrud. And it shows that none of the three sources relied on either of the other two for its information, since in each one of them we find elements that are lacking in the other two. A comparison of the sources allows us to see that the same arguments are attributed at times to Ibn al- Rawandi, at times to al- Warraq and at times to both of them. A correct understanding of the Zumurrud must allow for the active participation of both Ibn al- Rawandi and al- Warraq in the dialogue, and take into account the heretical convictions of both of them. From the Encyclopaedia of Islam. In order to cloak his thesis, which attacks the root of all types of religion, Ibn al- Rawandi used the fiction that they were uttered by Brahmans. His reputation as irreligious iconoclast spread in the 4th/1. Muslim literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2. Medieval Islamic Civilization By Josef W. Bacharach^Min Tareekh Al- Ilhad Fi Al- Islam, From the History of Atheism in Islam by Abd- El Rahman Badawi pages: 8. Second edition 1. Sinaa Lil Nasher Egypt (Arabic)^Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal Page 6. On Ibn al- Rawandi, from the Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1. Volume 3, E J Brill, Leiden, p 9. External links. 1, New York: Oxford University Press, 2. English)Encyclopedia Iranica, .
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