Our good friend Patrick Farenga has been an activist and an advocate for homeschooling for over 25 years. When the reknowned author and educator John Holt died, it was Patrick who picked up the reins of Holt’s newsletter, Growing Without Schooling, and kept it in print for many more years. Patrick has been an outspoken [...]
Continue reading about The Blogs of My Friends #4 – Patrick Farenga
With great sadness I note the passing of an old friend, Dr. Raymond Moore, one of the true founding pioneers of the homeschooling movement. He was the co-author, with his wife Dorothy, of the very first book I ever read on homeschooling, Home Grown Kids. I have many wonderful memories of Dr. and Mrs. Moore, [...]
My friend Susan Ryan posts a good explanation of why we are not fruit flies on her always-interesting Corn and Oil blog from the country’s heartland.
HEM News & Commentary Editor Valerie Bonham Moon posted a note to her blog about a new research paper which is raising waves in homeschooling circles. Valerie gives a nod to homeschooling dad Chris O’Donnell for unearthing this find, and I likewise send appreciation to Chris for being right on top of things.
The paper, [...]
Continue reading about Illiberal Education: Constitutional Constraints on Homeschooling
In her latest post to the HEM Guide to Homeschooling Resources Mary Nix notes that three of HEM’s blogs have been nominated for the 2006 Homeschool Blog Awards!
Mary shares information about the history of the blog awards and posts links to each of the five HEM nominations. Voting for favorite blogs is happening until Friday, [...]
