Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey

When the teacher is in the home, children learn better.  When tests are puzzle games, children excel. Who’d have expected to read this in the NY Times:
AS Department of Education officials consider how best to spend billions from the economic stimulus plan, they would be wise to pay attention to which programs actually help children’s [...]

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Insight into (British) government’s perspective on education. It’s disturbing that forcing 16-18 year olds back into school is Gordon Brown’s knee-jerk response to worries about hordes of unemployed and under-educated teens roaming the streets. The article cites a study by King College researcher Alison Wolf that finds these under-educated teens are making a sound financial [...]

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The Parade Magazine Intelligence Report on June 1 offered a brief item about the California appellate court decision denying that California parents have a right to homeschool. Parade quoted only one source in the piece, and that source suggested that homeschoolers aren’t much concerned with a good education:
“If upheld, the California ruling will [...]

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Helen Hegener of Home Education Magazine skewers an entrepreneur who allegedly aims to “completely and effectively take over the homeschool market”.
I’ve waited two days to write this post, believing it’s best to err on the side of caution when the stakes are potentially very high. Having waited two days, and having considered all the harassing [...]

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