Home Schooling 1986-2000, 1986-2000

NYSUT Information Bulletin, "Home Schooling," May 1997; Wall Street Journal articles re growth in home schooling, October 6, 1986, and March 5, 1997; related articles; annual counts of children educated at home in NYS, by region, 1980-1994; legal brief: U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, decision in Blackwelder et al. v. Saufner et al., rejecting challenge to right of school districts to evaluate home instruction to determine whether it meets state standards, including amicus brief by NYSUT and NYS School Boards Association, with NYSUT cover letter, June 22, 1988; National Conference of State Legislators State Legislative Report, "Home Schooling: A Primer for State Legislators," 1988; letter from Louis Grummet, Executive Director of NYS School Boards Association, to Lionel Meno, State Education Department Deputy Commissioner, Elementary and Secondary Education, commenting critically on Meno's proposal to remove requirement that home-schooled students be subject to standardized testing, and letter to Cortese from Grummet, commenting on correspondence, August 15, 1989