In an article titled If School Is Cool, We Win, Author John Lewis takes us through his family’s first day of the school year through their approach to homeschooling. A few enlightening takes on the usual questions. Why we homeschool:
My wife Anne and I have been homeschooling our children for the past two years. [...]
Summer breaks are different for home school families The News-Enterprise
By KELLY R. CANTRALL
Ingalls began home schooling her children because of her husband’s job in the military, which necessitated several moves for the family, she said. The accommodating nature of home schooling made the moves easier, including this past school year, when the Ingalls thought they [...]
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Mental Floss is one of my favorite magazines and CNN pulled up one of last November’s articles below:
10 homeschooled celebrities – CNN.com April 23, 2009
Agatha Christie was a painfully shy girl, so her mom homeschooled her even though her two older siblings attended private school.
I think Thomas Edison would agree with that. From [...]
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Conference highlights diverse range of homeschooling Daily Herald 3/7/2009
It’s not every day you see wholesome-looking families carousing Bourbon Street, but that’s the sight this weekend at St. Charles’ Pheasant Run Resort as 1,100 homeschoolers attend the 12th annual InHome Conference.
Although homeschooling is largely associated with religious conservatives, it’s a growing field, with almost as many [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Parents hoping to emulate Barack and Michelle Obama
By Vikki Ortiz December 14, 2008
Tamar Williams, 28, of Bronzeville said interviews of Michelle Obama speaking about her children inspired her to begin home-schooling her own children.
“When you look at the Obamas, you can tell that they spend a lot of one-on-one time with their [...]
It’s not often that a homeschooling dad can share homeschooling experiences, as Wisit Wangwinyoo did in a Bangkok Post interview.
AN ALTERNATIVE FATHER December 4, 2008 SUPAWADEE INTHAWONG
Wisit Wangwinyoo is not an ordinary father.
A thinker and writer in philosophy who has translated the works of prominent Buddhist spiritual leaders like Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai [...]
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Pity poor Humphrey. The PM got right round him — this time.
Years ago, my parents and I loved both Yes, Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister when they were included among the PBS prime time programs. Humphrey and his minister (think congressperson) were always trying to outhink each other as Humphrey was always protecting the government [...]
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Connecticut-On being a “self-learner”
Woodbury teen (un) schooled in ways of the world REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BY MATT JOHNSON
“I really got a sense of being a self-learner,” he said. “When you’re unschooled, you never stop learning just because you leave the classroom. I know how to seek the information that I want, and that’s huge in college.”
But while he was able to [...]
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