Helen on February 1st, 2010

Back issues of Home Education Magazine are available individually or in annual sets for the last ten years, from 2000 through 2009, but further back in our 27 year publishing history the available issues start getting a little thinner, and some issues can no longer be ordered. Only single issues are available for 2001, 1999, [...]

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Helen on February 1st, 2010

There’s a new feature on this page, the HEM Facebook fan page – check it out in the middle column, under Around the Site.
Home Education Magazine was one of the earliest homeschool companies on the Internet, going online in 1997. Beginning with one of the very first Internet forums, HEM has contributed immeasurable support [...]

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Helen on January 29th, 2010

HEM columnist Laura Weldon shares a beautifully-written post about an interview from a recent issue. In Calling Out the Buccaneer-Scholars she writes:
I’ve been ruminating every which way about buccaneer living ever since reading a remarkable interview in Home Education Magazine between publisher Helen Hegener and James Marcus Bach. Bach, an internationally recognized expert in [...]

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Mark on January 29th, 2010

Okay, it is not true, but it has been an ‘inside’ joke for years at HEM. I ran across the headline just yesterday while adding a number of older issues from 1996-1989 to our Back Issue Sale.
Reading through those issues is a glimpse at the history of our homeschooling community both politically, and in our [...]

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Helen on January 19th, 2010

A collection of articles by and about fathers who homeschool their children includes some insightful writing and thoughtful perspectives on the subject of dads helping their kids learn. From Gary Wyatt’s observation that “Children need more of their fathers and fathers need more of their children,” to Earl Gary Stevens’ “For me the adventure turned [...]

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Helen on January 13th, 2010

HEM’s News & Commentary tracks news stories of interest to homeschoolers and the homeschooling community. Recent posts include:

Uplifting the Discourse
Arrest Story Goes Viral
A Tough Read
Misdirected Angst
Couple Arrested for Homeschooling in New York
More Like Homeschooling
Making a Stand for the Traditional Classroom
Getting “Homeschooling” Right
Education Research
Homeschoolers and Achievement Tests

Check NewsComm for information about homeschooling news, and if you [...]

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