news Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/news/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:01:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 news Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/news/ 32 32 89931359 A Year Without the News Media https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-year-without-the-news-media/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-year-without-the-news-media/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:56:23 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=559 In 2013, I quit. I’ve never been a heavy consumer of news and pop culture, but for over 30 years, I faithfully read the daily newspaper and usually listened to radio news once or twice a week. I don’t watch television...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-year-without-the-news-media/feed/ 0 559 Connie Schenkelberg https://doingwhatmatters.com/connie-schenkelberg/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/connie-schenkelberg/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:44:27 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1283 Connie Schenkelberg, my friend and colleague, stepped from this life to the next on Sunday morning (12/1/13), and I will miss her. I first met Connie at an HEAV homeschool conference in the 1990s. Her table was tucked into a...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/connie-schenkelberg/feed/ 2 1283 Happy National Grammar Day and Words Matter Week https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:45:54 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1087 I love wordy holidays. We spend time teaching our children that words matter, and how to read, write, and speak correctly (or at least I hope we do), and I think those home lessons are reinforced by national holidays that...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/feed/ 0 1087 Education Under Fire in Iran https://doingwhatmatters.com/education-under-fire-in-iran/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/education-under-fire-in-iran/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:33 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=783 We enjoy many educational freedoms in the United States, but others aren't as fortunate. A fellow writer has shared news of the actions of the government in Iran to dismantle the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Iran and asked that I pass it on.

"Education Under Fire" is a 30 minute documentary about

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/education-under-fire-in-iran/feed/ 0 1868 Wishing You A Joyous Thanksgiving- Here’s a Recipe and a Sale! https://doingwhatmatters.com/wishing-you-a-joyous-thanksgiving-heres-a-recipe-and-a-sale/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/wishing-you-a-joyous-thanksgiving-heres-a-recipe-and-a-sale/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:12:56 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=285 I sent out the relish recipe in the newsletter and thought I’d post it here as well. One of our readers in Malaysia reminded me that they have no cranberries there. I sometimes forget that even small things such as...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/wishing-you-a-joyous-thanksgiving-heres-a-recipe-and-a-sale/feed/ 1 1816 Great Books Week- October 4-10, 2009 https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-books-week-october-4-10-2009/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-books-week-october-4-10-2009/#respond Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:54:47 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=264 Join Excellence in Literature as we celebrate the beauty of great books with a blog tour! If you’d like to participate, write a post on your own blog on the appropriate topic each day, then visit the appropriate post on...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-books-week-october-4-10-2009/feed/ 0 1812 Homeschooling in Challenging Times https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschooling-in-challenging-times/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschooling-in-challenging-times/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:39:48 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=98 Current events present homeschoolers with useful opportunities for teaching and learning throughout the year, but some seasons just seem to be overachievers! In the fall, there are elections, which can spark a unit study on American government. In some years,...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschooling-in-challenging-times/feed/ 3 1769 Screen Free Week: Fast, Cheap, Easy Life Enhancement! https://doingwhatmatters.com/screen-free-week/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/screen-free-week/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:57:32 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/2008/04/21/tv-turnoff-week-fast-cheap-easy-life-enhancement/ Why not live a little this week? The Center for Screen Time Awareness is once again sponsoring the ever-timely Screen Free Week. Pointing out that “television cuts into family time, harms our children’s ability to read and succeed in school,...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/screen-free-week/feed/ 2 1750 California Homeschool Ruling: Why It’s Absurd https://doingwhatmatters.com/california-homeschool-ruling-why-its-absurd/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/california-homeschool-ruling-why-its-absurd/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:25:36 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/2008/03/11/california-homeschool-ruling-why-its-absurd/ If you’re not stranded, like Robinson Crusoe, on a desert island, you’ve probably heard about the California court ruling that essentially outlaws homeschooling in California. You can read an overview of the case as well as a complete copy of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/california-homeschool-ruling-why-its-absurd/feed/ 5 1745 Happy National Grammar Day! https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:30:01 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/2008/03/04/happy-national-grammar-day/ National Grammar Day, sponsored by The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG), is celebrated annually on March 4. I’m sure that someone somewhere has scheduled an event with party hats and noisemakers. I thought perhaps we’d content ourselves...

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