An article in the London, England Times Online, evoking the wording of a classic rock anthem in its title, “Hey, teachers, leave us kids alone,” highlights homeschoolers in London protesting against tighter restrictions on homeschooling. The Badman Report, published earlier this year, suggests the compulsory regulation of home education, an area of life where, previously, [...]
That’s the question posed at the popular How Stuff Works site, which provides easy-to-understand questions to some of life’s most puzzling complexities. The answer to ‘How does homeschooling work?’ is an interesting one for anyone interested in the topic, whether they might be a longtime homeschooling veteran or just looking into the option:
If you have [...]
The American Homeschool Association has been serving homeschooling families with advocacy, support, information and networking since 1995.
The AHA supports, encourages and promotes all approaches to homeschooling, in line with the earliest advocates of home education, John Holt and Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore.
Current AHA services include a discussion list and online forum which provides news, [...]
Nurtureshock, subtitled “New Thinking About Children,” is a new book by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman which presents the idea that many of modern society’s strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring – because key twists in the science have been overlooked. As an example, in Chapter Four of the book they explain studies [...]
The World Guide to Home Education is a wiki for anyone who needs to know what the legal and cultural conditions for home education are in different parts of the world, and a gateway for home educators trying to make contact with other home educators and support groups.
This new wiki will collect together, in one [...]
National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD) offers valuable information about homeschooling legal and legislative issues, such as this bulletin from August 15, titled Voluntary Submission of Information to the Government:
The question arises from time to time in the homeschool community – If the government is asking for information from parents about the education of their [...]
