Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey

Today marks the second anniversary of the passing of Dr. Raymond S. Moore, one of the early guiding lights of the home schooling movement. Dr. Moore and his wife Dorothy wrote several of the earliest popular books about home education—Home Grown Kids, Home- Spun Schools and Home Style Teaching. Dr. Moore also wrote School Can [...]

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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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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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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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When I was applying to college I considered Rutgers, the NJ state school, in part because I qualified in test scores and GPA for their merit scholarship. I soon discovered that these were only available for school kids (public and private). I knew a couple of homeschooled kids who dealt with this issue–one of them [...]

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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’re happy to note that we’ll be guests of these wonderful radio hosts:

Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones Friday, August 22, 8:30AM ET

The Journey Home with Diego Mulligan Wednesday, September 10, 5:35 MT (7:35 ET)

Family Matters with Caroline & Jacquie Thursday, September 18, 1:00PM ET

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No one could call Louie Free conventional. Host of The Louie Free Radio Show (billed as The Intelligent Alternative: Brain Food from the Heartland) he invited us to discuss homeschooling and our book for almost an hour today.

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