Submissions to Home Education Magazine are wide ranging. Most of our content is generated by homeschooling parents, but we also get articles from non-homeschoolers. The article ”Using Writing Contests” by Thursday Bram, a non-homeschooling writer, is coming up in our November-December issue.
Most submissions by non-homeschooling writers don’t get published, usually because the articles don’t reflect an understanding of the ways home education differs [...]
John Taylor Gatto has been an outspoken and eloquent critic of the public school system for over 20 years, and this post shared some favorite quotes from him, along with links to his biography, some videos of his speeches and interviews, and more information about this incredibly dynamic and engaging man.
Our long-time friend Jan Hunt, whose interview (by Mary Nix) appeared in our July/August issue, wrote recently to tell me they’ve added more bumper stickers to their selection, including these:
• Ask me about unschooling!
• If it matters to a child, it’s important!
• Life is the school – love is the lesson.
• Teaching interferes with learning. [...]
Home Schooling, by Carol Windley
In an email interview with Ambrose Musiyiwa which took place on Oct. 16, Canadian author Carol Windley spoke about her latest collection of short stories and the challenges short story writers face.
The short stories in your most recent collection, Home Schooling, are set against the rural landscape of Vancouver Island and [...]
“…Who should be educating and caring for our young? Who should be setting the standards by which we raise and teach our children? Should that be families, moms, and dads – or the governments of the world?”
These questions are from an important interview with Judy Aron, Research Director for National Home Education Legal Defense, posted [...]
