Helen on August 13th, 2009

“Since they were founded, the public schools have enjoyed almost limitless public trust and confidence. People might criticize them in detail, but in principle almost everyone agreed that the public schools were a great thing. The idea of an effective government monopoly in education was accepted almost without question. Now, suddenly, more and more citizens [...]

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Helen on August 13th, 2009

In Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling Robert Kunzman offers an uncensored look at the day-to-day lives of six Conservative Christian homeschooling families. From an urban, ethnically diverse Los Angeles municipality to an isolated elk ranch perched on Oregon’s Cascade Mountain, Kunzman journeys across the U.S. and profiles [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

Ree Drummond, aka the Pioneer Woman, shares a journey into plein air in this beautifully illustrated post from last fall:
“One of my favorite things to do during days of homeschooling is to throw down the books, forsake our studies (that’s actually my favorite part), and take the kids outside with their travel watercolor sets. My [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

Dayna Martin, mother of four and a radical unschooling advocate, author and speaker, has published Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun (Tasora Books, 2009) about her family life and the radical unschooling philosophy. Dayna Martin’s approach to radical unschooling incorporates the ‘Law of Attraction,’ which was popularized through the movie The Secret, and by [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

In a post titled “What is the priority for HSLDA? Homeschooling or politics?” Valerie Bonham Moon examines the strangely spiraling-out-of-control situation involving HSLDA and the U.S. military:
“I’ve already commented on the inappropriate connection the National Guard has with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA): National Guard and HSLDA. The connection seems to [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

Linda Dobson’s name has long been associated with homeschooling – and with this magazine. She was an early and vocal supporter – in these pages – of the National Homeschool Association. She wrote The first article on homeschooling to appear in a national magazine: Good Housekeeping. She has been News Editor for this magazine since [...]

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