Tracy on October 9th, 2009

In response to comments from last weeks ‘Confessions of a home-schooler‘, by Salon.com senior editor Andrew O’Hehir, Lisa Belkin responds with ‘Parents Judging Parents of Home-Schoolers‘ and I especially like her closing statements.
I think O’Hehir hits on one of the reasons — there is nothing more important than raising children, and therefore nothing that makes [...]

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Helen on October 7th, 2009

“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” – Miles Davis
I think a lot about mistakes. Partly because as the parent of three boys I am all too aware that I make mistakes with them every day, and partly because I have come to understand mistakes as fundamental keys to learning. I have been [...]

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Helen on October 6th, 2009

I always enjoy reading Dana Hanley’s Principled Discovery blog; she’s a good writer and her posts often make me think, or even better, question an assumption. One of my favorite entries is from last June when she hosted the Carnival of Homeschooling and produced the inspired and thoroughly delightful Field Guide to Homeschoolers. It’s a [...]

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Helen on October 5th, 2009

Writer and researcher Milton Gaither, author of Homeschool: An American History, did a very interesting round-up piece on homeschool-related news articles and stories in his Sept. 28th post titled, appropriately, Current Events Round-Up. He summarizes at the end: “Being news items, these stories are of course sensationalistic and atypical, but they do remind us that [...]

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Helen on October 5th, 2009

In the October 5 Asheville, North Carolina Citizen-Times, writer Ashley Wilson’s article, Home-schoolers turn to co-ops, is subtitled There’s nothing lonely about learning at home.
After some standard fare about homeschooled kids dissecting owl pellets, staining woodworking projects and drawing pictures, the writer reveals that “support groups, organizations, sports teams, clubs and cooperatives for home-schoolers are [...]

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Helen on October 5th, 2009

An article titled Home-school vs. Public School for news station KAUZ in Wichita Falls, Texas, opens with this comment from the President and the question it ostensibly raises:
“President Barack Obama sparked controversy earlier this week with the announcement that he believes American kids don’t spend enough time in school. He said by having kids spend [...]

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