Jun 27, 2013 | Homeschoolers
It’s graduation season – caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance. Students travel across that platform ready to embark on their next adventure with fresh memories of their school days. The following is one student’s view of her past 12 years of school – at home!...
Jun 25, 2013 | Homeschoolers
Homeschoolers perform better academically as well, claims report By Dain Fitzgerald Homeschooling is on the rise, according to a report by Education News, and has grown by an average of 75% since 1999. ABC has also reported on the same trend, first picked up last...
Jun 20, 2013 | Homeschoolers
A Missouri county circuit court dismissed truancy charges against homeschooling mother Jacinda Haberly (all names changed to protect privacy) on January 31, 2013. In September 2012, Jacinda Haberly withdrew her 8th and 5th grade daughters, Karen and Miranda, from...
Jun 18, 2013 | Homeschoolers
“Do you homeschool?” I get that question often and it makes me smile. How is it we “look like” a homeschool family? Maybe it has something to do with the other question I get a lot – “Are all those kids yours?!?” With 5 kids including 2 sets of twins, I guess we...
Jun 17, 2013 | Homeschoolers
Once on a street not too far from me There live a family – how many kids? – 3. They were off on a journey, and they weren’t fooling! They left P.S. 4 to switch to homeschooling. At first all was new, novel, and fun. These motivated kids were learning a ton! BUT...
Jun 13, 2013 | Homeschoolers
From Breitbart.com As dissatisfaction with the U.S. public school system grows, apparently so has the appeal of homeschooling. Educational researchers, in fact, are expecting a surge in the number of students educated at home by their parents over the next ten years,...