|   How to Homeschool Year Round without Noticing!by Tamara Eaton Ages: 18+I'll let you in on a secret - we've always homeschooled year round but don't tell my children! Frankly, by the time most summers roll around, we're all ready for a break from our normal studies and routine, including me. So I've learned to slip in summer studies in a simple, enjoyable way without anyone stressing out - no grades, no tests, no tight schedules, no record keeping!
Subjects: lifestyle, housework, declutter, camping trip, education, fun, cooking, English, lifetime learning, geologyLocation: Alabama
Akron Beacon Journal Attack on Homeschoolingby Nathaniel Bluedorn Ages: 18+Have you ever read something you knew was wrong and just felt frustrated about it? It didn't make sense, but you couldn't explain why? The Akron Beacon Journal, printed a series of articles attacking homeschooling. They claim that little is known about homeschoolers and suggest the government should tightly monitor and regulate the movement. Subjects: article, logic, Akron Beacon Journal, attack, homeschooling, child abuse, failing students, bad logic, fallacy, evidence, research, false claims Homeschooling and the Myth of Socializationby Manfred B. ZyskOne of the silliest and most annoying comments made to homeschooling parents is, "Aren't you concerned about how your child will be able to socialize with others?".Subjects: Socialization, homeschooling, public school Unschooling: Self-Directed learningby Julie Shepherd Knapp Ages: 14+When children show an interest in a new topic unschooling parents may make available a variety of resources to help their child explore the subject, such as "real" books (rather than textbooks), hands-on experiences (learning by "doing" and helping), games and fun activities, TV, movies, computer resources, art projects, etc. They may also seek out opportunities to learn within the community or from experts. Subjects: article, relaxed, natural learning, child led, real books, John Holt, educational philosophy, curriculum, book recommendations, unschool No Dissing This Learningby Christine Scheller Ages: 16+17-year-old Alicia Gibson hadn't taken a standardized test since elementary school. So this year, when she scored well enough on the SAT for elite colleges to come courting, any doubts were put to rest.Subjects: college, SAT, education, testing  Education News Beatby Reliable Answers Ages: 18+Find out the latest in education news, breaking public school education issues concerning funding and student safety issues. News that matters...Subjects: articles, resources, news, public school, teachers, preschool, literacy, law, education, vaccines, vouchers, commentary, opinion
How public education cripples our kids and whyby John Taylor Gatto Ages: 14+Boredom is the common condition of schoolteachers, and anyone who has spent time in a teachers' lounge can vouch for the low energy, the whining, the dispirited attitudes, to be found there. My grandfather taught me that. One afternoon when I was seven I complained to him of boredom, and he batted me hard on the head. He told me that I was never to use that term in his presence again, that if I was bored it was my fault and no one else's. Subjects: article, opinion, learning, bored, rigid, adveture, classroom, students, time wasting, common senseLocation: Manhattan, NY  No Thank You, We Don't Believe in Socializationby Lisa Russell Ages: 12+ can't believe I am writing an article about socialization, The word makes my skin crawl. As homeschoolers, we are often accosted by people who assume that since we're homeschooling, our kids won't be "socialized."Subjects: socialization, homeschool, lessons
Homeschooling, a Feminist Challengeby Wendy McElroy Ages: 18+In quiet mutiny against the quality and content of government education, a growing number of women are choosing to stay at home to teach their children one-on-one. The federal survey offers a portrait of a "typical" homeschooling family. It is a two-parent household with three or more children, in which the parents are highly educated and the father is the breadwinner. Educated women are forgoing the material advantages of the workplace and investing in their children instead. Subjects: article, homeschool, revolution, education, survey, mainstream feminists, values, boys, society, social issues In a Class by Themselvesby Christine Foster Ages: 16+Homeschooling isn't new. History is full of self-starters who bypassed the classroom, sometimes with brilliant results: Edison left school at age 7... The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish Listby Deborah Markus Ages: 18+Please stop asking us if it's legal. If it is -- and it is -- it's insulting to imply that we're criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?Subjects: legal, homeschool, socialization, humor 'Poo picking' beats schoolby Katherine Sellgren Ages: 15+Not many teenagers start the school week picking up horse dung from fields, but for Rachel and Cathy McCombie, this is routine. Children First, Schools Next Ages: 18+Uncle Sam and Focus on the Family's James Dobson have found something on which to agree: It's okay not to send your kids to a failing public school. Home Education vs. Public Educationby Jacki LeClair Ages: 18+I feel privileged to have been home schooled through all my school years. Being home schooled was not some type of prison for young people. I didn't gaze longingly out the window in the direction of the local public school. I did not yearn for mystery-meat lunches or early morning bus rides. For I did reap all of the benefits of school: friends, sports, lunchboxes, recess, music lessons, arts and drama, math, history, English - well, the list goes on and on.Subjects: article, opinion, homeschooler, home education, textbooks, options, alternatives, morality, violence, guns, learning Battling for the heart and soul of home-schoolersby Helen Cordes Ages: 18+As more parents have felt alienated, frustrated or unserved by American schools, home schooling has taken off. The number of kids taught at home in the U.S. has more than doubled in the past five years... A Brief Case for Socializationby Dr. Jay Wile Ages: 18+How do you answer the 'Socialization' question? Schools are the most artificial place in the world! Nowhere, in the rest of your life, will you ever be in a situation where you spend 8+ hours per day with those your same age. Abnormality, thy name is homeschoolby Steve Kellmeyer Ages: 18+For most Americans, homeschooling seems rather odd. Why bother with it? We have had public and private schools with us all of our lives, as have our parents before us and their parents before them... Are You Educated Enough to Educate Your Child?by Jay L. Wile, Ph.D. Ages: 18+As your student gets older and older, do you ever wonder if you are educated enough to "keep up" with your child? Can you really teach your student trigonometry, chemistry, and world history?Subjects: education, child, class  Crackdown on California homeschools is proposedby Nanette AsimovCalifornia's public homeschools will get less taxpayer money and will face greater scrutiny next year if lawmakers approve a last-minute addition to the $100 billion state budget.
Truly Free K12 Homeschoolingby Ann Zeise Ages: 18+Is it possible to homeschool for free? Is it possible to spend no money for educational experiences? Is it possible to homeschool without interference or regulation by others? Home Eating a Threat to Public Kitchens? Ages: 12+After much heated debate on the house floor, legislation was passed today to allow a growing number of families to cook meals for their families in their homes. The children must have annual physical examinations to assure proper growth and weight gain.Subjects: humor, parody, homeschool, legislation Homeschooling Information and Resources Ages: 18+Presenting homeschooling information in the form of news feeds, blogs, forums, and an abundance of homeschooling resources, such as articles you can read free online. Back to Unschoolby Stefani Leto Ages: 18+This year, as we have for the past few, my daughter and I celebrated instead of going back to school. We unschool, for lack of a better term. What this means in practice varies widely from family to family of unschoolers. California educrats eye home schoolingby Paul M. Weyrich Ages: 18+The next knock on the door of many California homes may send unnecessary shivers down the spines of parents concerned enough about their children's education to teach them at home.Subjects: Educrat, California, homeschool, HSLDA Crossing the Public School-Homeschool Divideby Rhonda Barton Ages: 18+According to the old adage, necessity is the mother of invention. That neatly sums up the situation Galena found itself in during the early 1990s.Subjects: online education, online school, Galena Homeschool athletes look to compete at schoolby Dave PriceMike Freeman showed up ready to run for the first day of cross country practice at Douglas High School. The only problem he discovered, there wasn't a team that would allow him to run.Subjects: sports, homeschool, public school  Homeschooling Is Growing Worldwideby Karl M. Bunday Ages: 18+Those states that do have official reporting of the number of homeschoolers show steady increases year by year. Increase in the overall number of homeschoolers year by year is certain...
Life Learning Magazine Archive Ages: 10+Read every issue of Life Learning Magazine online in pdf format...Subjects: free magazine, homeschooling, archive Questions for Saxon-Harcourt Achieveby Linda Schrock Taylor Ages: 15+I receive an incredible amount of mail from readers interested in the changes being made to the traditional Saxon math books. I hear from people who use the books...Subjects: Saxon math, Harcourt, homeschooling Raise Your Ownby Cathy Cuthbert Ages: 18+Our children have taken dance lessons since they were four years old at the local private dance studio, which gives me the opportunity to observe many young children and how they respond in class... School's Out: Get ready for the new age of individualized educationby Daniel H. Pink Ages: 15+Here's a riddle of the New Economy: When-ever students around the world take those tests that measure which country's children know the most, American kids invariably score near the bottom.Subjects: school, education, homeschool, economy The Home School Juggernautby David W. Kirkpatrick Ages: 18+If the various significant education reforms: vouchers, charter schools, etc. -- were corporations on the stock exchange, the one you would want to buy would be home schooling, which is the most rapidly growing...Subjects: school choice, education, freedom The Little School in the Living Room Grows Upby Christine Scheller Ages: 18+Nearly every spring for the past seven years, I have been one of thousands of pilgrims on a hajj to the cavernous Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Why There Are Public Schoolsby Sheldon Richman Ages: 18+Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.Subjects: public school, liberate, family, education, private sector, society, common The Six-Lesson Schoolteacherby John Taylor Gatto Ages: 15+Teaching means many different things, but six lessons are common to schoolteaching from Harlem to Hollywood. You pay for these lessons in more ways than you can imagine, so you might as well know what they are. The lesson of bells is that no work is worth finishing, so why care too deeply about anything? Bells are the secret logic of schooltime; their argument is inexorable; bells destroy past and future, converting every interval into a sameness, as an abstract map makes every living mountain and river the same even though they are not. Bells inoculate each undertaking with indifference.Subjects: artice, teaching, classroom, curriculum, bad habits, jail sentence, educational process, educate, freedom, test, lessons, basic literacy, teachersLocation: New York A Model of Homeschooling Growth Ages: 16+This model is based upon the following assumption: the probability that a child will be rescued from school is determined solely by the percentage of school-age children that are already being homeschooled. Death Sentence for Private and Home Education Ages: 16+The Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision allowing the constitutionality of financial aid to parents which may be used at religious or private schools, including virtual academy charter schools, will result in the deliberate dumbing down of all education. Financial literacy and kidsby Leslie Parrish Ages: 16+Research shows that, regardless of income or race, kids are growing up without knowing the basics that will keep them out of financial trouble. The numbers speak for themselves. Young adults have the second highest rate of bankruptcy...Subjects: finances, debt, college, bankruptcy, learning, children, literacy Research Facts on Homeschoolingby Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. Ages: 14+Homeschooling may be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States (at 7% to 12% per year). Home-based education is also growing around the world in many nations.Subjects: facts, trends, education, home-based Why Schools Don't Educateby John Taylor Gatto Ages: 18+We live in a time of great school crisis. Our children rank at the bottom of nineteen industrial nations in reading, writing and arithmetic. At the very bottom. The world's narcotic economy is based upon our own consumption of the commodity...Subjects: public school, freedom, suicide, kids Socialization: A Great Reason Not to Go to School Ages: 18+I've observed hundreds of home-schooled children of various ages in various places in two countries, so I'm confident that home-schooling children doesn't harm them socially. But...Subjects: Socialization, homeschooling, public school  Creating a new Conventional WisdomThe world is full of examples of assumptions people have made that have turned out to be wrong. Perhaps the most famous is that the Earth is flat.
 Bill Bennett The Education of an E-School Skeptic Ages: 18+The high-profile conservative once railed against computers in the classroom. So why is he heading up a for-profit online school? Bennett, 58, is chairman of K12, a national school that offers primary and secondary education online. By Alexandra StarrSubjects: Bill Bennett, education, charter, children
Charter Schoolsby Christopher J. Klicka, Esq. Ages: 18+It seems that everyone with school-aged children is talking about charter schools. Many are thinking, "This deal is too good to pass up: I can have my children educated outside of the public school system and have the government still pay the bill!"Subjects: charter school, free school, public education Homeschool Related Research IssuesA to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling provides links to research related topics as it pertains to home education.  Homeschooling 101: Why We Do It Ages: 12+This month's Changing Face of America focuses on one aspect of how education has changed in the past fifteen years. We begin by talking with three families across the country to find out how they homeschool.
Learning, With a Side of Onion Rings Ages: 16+Most of the kids around me are heading back to school. The neighborhood stores are well stocked with supplies and lunch boxes. Back-to-school clothing sales abound.Subjects: learning, education, homeschool Non-Government Schools - Education for Democratic CitizenshipOf all of the implications of recent liberal theorizing for educational policy, one stands out clearly - but remains remarkably unnoticed; government schooling in a liberal democratic state is, at its core, a contradiction.  Opting outA landmark ruling in 1977 opened the doors for home education. Polly Curtis looks back at 25 years of Education. 25-years-ago Iris Harrison decided she was sick of being told that three of her children were "educationally sub-normal"...
Public School Choice and Accountability in Public Education Ages: 18+One size does not fit all in American education. All students and their families need to be able to choose a public school that meets their needs, and schools must be given more flexibility in return for greater accountability to parents.Subjects: school choice, education, govenment Seelhoff vs. Welch; The Truth about Cherylby Shay Seaborne Ages: 18+In early 1994, Cheryl Lindsey was the mother of nine children, owner of a successful family business, and a rising star in the Christian homeschool speaking circuit. Her name was widely recognized and her talks attracted large audiences.Subjects: Gentle Spirit, Cheryl Lindsey, Christian  Social Skills and Homeschooling: Myths and Factsby Isabel Shaw Ages: 15+The socialization myth was born out of a misconception of what it's like to homeschool. Many educators and critics of homeschooling still believe homeschoolers hit the books at 9 a.m., work all day at their kitchen table till 3:00 p.m. or later...
Socialization Concernsby Geoffrey Botkin Ages: 15+American parents used to think something called age-segregated socialization was as important for a child as trips to the dentist. Socialization does have a profound influence on the child, but that influence is normally more harmful than helpful.Subjects: socialization, homeschool, help Socialization Issuesby Dr. Fred Worth Ages: 14+Every parent who makes a decision to home school can be assured that they are going hear the dreaded "S" word. "What about socialization?" Often that's the extent of the question. Sometimes there is elaboration.Subjects: socialization, government control, activities  The ABC's of Home Schoolingby Jodie Morse Ages: 18+As a blissfully unattached single devoid of responsibility for anything (except my rent) and anyone (save my bevy of blissfully unattached friends), I've always found nothing more frightening than the prospect of having kids...
 The Politics of Survival: Home Schoolers and the Lawby Scott W. Somerville, Esq. Ages: 18+Twenty years ago, home education was treated as a crime in almost every state. Today, it is legal all across America, despite strong and continued opposition from many within the educational establishment. How did this happen?Subjects: Christian, home schooling, legal, social
Waiting for unschooling to workby Shay Seaborne Ages: 18+Remarkably, the best homeschooling advice I received came when my first child was a baby. My friend Barb, an experienced homeschooling mom, told me I only had to "provide a rich environment, involve children in everyday living, and help find answers..."Subjects: freedom, unschool, advice, children  What does living Math look like?by Julie Brennan Ages: 18+Our days are structured primarily by the classes, music lessons and group activities, sports, and life events that occur, and any learning we do is related to those choices we make, although I do make suggestions at times.
Why Homeschool? Ages: 18+In a nutshell, we homeschool for our children. But let's go a little deeper than that. Those of us who homeschool do so for many different reasons. Some of us feel we can provide a much higher quality of education at home.
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