Tammy’s poll gives more reasons than ‘public school sucks’ and ‘Jesus told me to.’
Homeschooling Poll – Why do you homeschool?
Educational flexibility to meet everyone’s needs After looking at all the choices, it fit the best
Closer family
Freedom to be our authentic selves
To include more moral or religious instruction
Freedom from religious social pressure in my community
Safety and [...]
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith aren’t alone in their desire to share their vision. I see the co-op trend as similar to the move by some homeschooling parents to use what they’ve learned to branch out. The trend may need its own category after a while.
Will Smith Planning to Start a School, [...]
Home-schoolers propel Huckabee, 9 December 2007, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s rise in Iowa may have been a surprise to many, but not to a tightly knit group of social conservatives with something fundamental in common.
Thousands of evangelical Christians who school their children at home have found a candidate they [...]
According to the Netzwerk Bildungsfreiheit website, Jim Montgomery, the husband of Clonlara founder Pat Montgomery, died on 15 December during a heart bypass operation.
In Memoriam — Jim Montgomery
(my translation) Pat Montgomery full-heartedly supported the German homeschooling movement. In the summer of 2003, she traveled from the USA to a meeting for the initiative [...]
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Another short vacation
I’m back at work (as holiday preparations allow) after a short vacation for family business.
His name is Emerson, he’s 4 days old, and he’s been welcomed by his great-grandma, his grandparents (of which I’m one), aunts, uncles, great-aunts & great-uncles and cousins.
Grandbabies are grand.
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