The title and subtitle tells us what the article is about.
Online High Schools Test Students’ Social Skills
As Digital Learning Programs Grow, Educators Hope to Prevent Teens From Feeling Isolated
Online high schools are growing more popular. Roughly 100,000 of the 12 million high-school-age students in the U.S. attend 438 online schools full-time, up from 30,000 five [...]
Encouraging to read this piece about homeschooling in PA.
Home-schooling is not about staying at home, a misperception that makes many home-school parents roll their eyes. In fact, home-schooled children are usually out exploring the community, or attending classes designed for home-schoolers at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, the zoo, libraries or nature [...]
Choice to homeschool children not a matter of money, experts say Bloomington Pantagraph
By Phyllis Coulter
“I personally don’t know anyone who home-schools — or not — based on the economy,” said Shelly Nelson, coordinator of a homeschooling network in McLean County. “The economy plays little or no part in the decision to homeschool.”
Twin City school [...]
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I try not to pick on schools, but with the almost constant inclusion of ‘the s-word’ in most mainstream articles about homeschooling, I am amazed at the seemingly willful blindness of what I’ve heard (with my ears) referred to as ‘knocking the corners off’ kids, ie, socialization in school. Homeschoolers are asked whether their children will [...]
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I wonder if the perpetually disgruntled would think Joanna needs to go to school for socialization?
‘Les Miz’ star bitten early by stage bug: Marblehead girl is Cosette, 4 November 2007, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts
Instead of returning to Marblehead Community Charter School this fall, 11-year-old Joanna Rosen chose to be home-schooled so she could focus [...]
I’ve added a category for the ‘homeschooling can be hazardous to your health’ type of article. I’ve called it “Don’t try this at home.”
The snips from the following articles ran on so much, that I was in danger of glaringly violating copyright. Because of that, I’ve just added some comments. [...]
… but the poor children still miss out on ‘.’
School’s in at home as more parents opt out, 4 September 2007, The West Australian, Perth, Australia
Home schooling is gaining popularity among Perth parents, with new figures revealing an increase of nearly 20 per cent in the number of children being taught at home in [...]
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The following series of articles is from the Lawrence Journal World of Lawrence, Kansas, and was published as the feature, Learning Outside the Lines, 13 May 2007. One of the interesting aspects of the series is the comments section at the end of each article. The readers of the newspaper are avid [...]
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I shouldn’t be so flip about it because it sounds like a successful get-together, and the kids may be pleased to have been mentioned on the television.
WEAU-TV 13, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 14 March 2007, Home School Students Have a Field Day at Museum
Area home school students got to take a field trip today as one [...]
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Review-’WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN’
WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling By Robert Kunzman
The book was released in August of 2009 and published by Beacon Press of Boston.
A Review by Susan Ryan, Illinois Homeschooler
In one of Robert Kunzman’s interviews with six “strongly conservative” Christian homeschooling families, a California homeschooling mom related her kids [...]
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