Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey

These factors affect everyone, but some of them affect homeschoolers more than most. For example, because so many homeschoolers are entrepreneurial, we weigh a state’s entrepreneurship climate somewhat more heavily than other “Best Places to Live” rankings in the popular press. See the spreadsheets for info on all of the factors used and how the states rank on each factor.

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As readers of Homeschooling: a Family’s Journey may recall, we have always paid close attention to the relationship between homeschooling, economics, and lifestyle. The global financial crisis that began shortly after publication of our book led us attempt to identify the best places to live for homeschoolers. The reason was simple: income was uncertain [...]

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Education is based on respecting children as human beings, on giving them the freedom within a prepared and safe environment with an adult to act as a guide rather than a trainer. Only in education, never in training, are children allowed to be and to become with they really are: uniquely themselves.

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An oldish article from the Economist.   Lots of parents stress out about getting their kids into good preschools.  Turns out this may be the worst thing for their long-term education.  
Dimming: Disturbing Evidence of a Decline in Youngsters’ Brainpower
 Both sexes now do worse than before, but boys’ scores have fallen more, suggesting that a [...]

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Although research shows that homeschooling gives children a better education than public schools, many families think that they can’t afford it. They worry about losing the paycheck of the parent who stays home to homeschool the kids. But giving up that paycheck could be a smart money move. Here are three reasons why.

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In economic terms, a large part of the cost of homeschooling is opportunity cost — the amount a homeschooling parent can earn in the job market. Combine a lower opportunity cost with an increasingly undesirable public school alternative, and homeschooling becomes a much more attractive economic proposition. Click the “Resources” tab at the top of this page for information on free homeschooling resources. You can cut costs without sacrificing the quality of your homeschool curriculum.

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We started the day with a pleasant chat with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones. He began by asking about our initial quotation from Mother Teresa “We have done so much for so long with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing,” and why we had chosen this.

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Barry Lynn, host of the radio show Culture Shocks interviewed us today. In a forty minute segment, Lynn disputed the notion that people can homeschool without teaching credentials, insisted that public schools are doing just fine for most kids, and challenged homeschoolers who don’t like something about their school system to stay in the system and change it instead of homeschooling.

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Our homeschooling friends remind each other of upcoming book sales and compare finds. We would love to hear from any gentle readers who would like to share a book sale triumph. What is your favorite book sale? What is your favorite/ best find so far?

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