Stop Stereotyping the Kids

Mark on March 4th, 2010

Thirteen year-old Sarah Prater has her “web Letter” published:
I think people need to know more about home schooling because of the unfounded stereotypes that seem to label every child who is home-schooled. While some people do home school primarily because of their beliefs, special needs children or other reasons, it does not mean that all [...]

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The Greatest Conflict of Homeschooling

Mark on January 20th, 2010

It’s the S-word again. This time from a survival and preparedness site:
Homeschooling socialization is by far the most major conflict in relation to homeschooling. The problem is that, by removing your children from the public school environment, you are depriving them of the social development offered by public schools. After all, it would be difficult [...]

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Online Learning and Homeschooling

Mark on October 13th, 2009

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 [...]

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Review-’WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN’

Susan on August 24th, 2009

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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Home-schoolers embrace Free Minds

Mark on June 25th, 2009

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 [...]

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