Welcome to HEM’s Support Groups Pages
Homeschool support groups and the individuals who build networks between homeschooling families are the glue which holds the homeschooling community together. Through their newsletters, conferences, websites, discussion lists, weblogs and more, homeschool support groups and active individuals keep the lines of communication open, while offering information, resources, news and perspectives on homeschooling.
HEM has long recognized the valuable contributions of homeschool support groups and active individuals, and we hope these resources will help you locate, join, and volunteer to help your local support group or networking individual.
Access your state listing to the right to find contact information for state and local homeschool support groups. To add your group to our list fill in the Group’s Listing form.
HEM Blogs
HEM’s Editor’s
Attachment Names and Subject Lines - In another round of going through my inbox of articles submitted to Home Education Magazine, I’m reeling from the number of similarly named articles. Writers have worked hard on their articles for HEM, which we appreciate. But at the moment of truth, when writers “save” or “name” their files, 90% make the same choice: “HEM [...]
HEM’s News & Commentary
Homeschoolers and Achievement Tests - Dr. Yvonne Fournier answering questions from a homeschooling family which moved to a testing state. Some highlights about the inherent tension between homeschooling and achievement tests: Hassle-Free Homework: Achievement Tests Contribute To America’s Decline By Dr. Yvonne Fournier, U.S. School System Discourages Divergent, Creative Thinkers In a world that begs for divergent thinkers (people who can think “outside the [...]
Guide to Homeschooling Resources
Homeschooling while traveling - The mother of a homeschooling family from Sweden recently wrote that thanks to homeschooling, her family has been able to travel long term around the world. She also mentioned that they often visit other families while touring since there are only about 100 families in Sweden that homeschool. You can read their page on children, travel [...]
HEM’s Closer Look
Deschooling - Deschooling is the word that describes the transition from school to a life of educating ourselves. It is usually the parents who need a helping hand in trusting their own children. That is because we have all been told that children need to be forced to learn, that school is the only place it happens, [...]
