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It's almost summertime again!  Time for parents of school-age kids to start thinking about creating an array of fun, safe, healthy and educational "to do" lists to keep those kids happy and engaged.  Parents of school-age children consistently report that the summer...

Summer is just around the corner. Once again our schedules will change. If you’re like my family, you’re probably putting the finishing touches on plans. In the works might be trips to the beach or treks to see family. Maybe you’re counting down the days until you can...

I couldn’t even tell you the difference between Marvel and DC before I became a mom. But now, thanks to my four sons, I have the low-down on all the superheroes and their alternate identities and their back stories and which villains go with which heroes. Heroes are...

Perhaps the vision of your children happily learning comfortably at home – in their PJs, no less! – drew you to homeschool. Or perhaps the hope of providing a more academically challenging course of study caused you to consider writing that letter of intent. Or maybe...

With the educational landscape ever changing, public and private schools are constantly on the lookout for ways to keep their institutions offering excellent learning options by cost-effective means. Many times these two goals can be mutually exclusive. However,...

National School Choice Week (NSCW) is January 21-28, 2018. According to NSCW’s site,͞   NSCW is now the world’s largest annual celebration of opportunity in education. During this week, there are events to raise awareness and celebrate the many options available to...

Odysseyware is an online curriculum for students in grades 3-12 used in schools and by homeschool families. Odysseyware is student-paced, mastery-based, teacher-interactive online. Let’s break this down and see exactly what that means. Student-paced Students work at...

INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY STUDENT STARS IN FOX NETWORK's 12/17 LIVE BROADCAST OF ”A CHRISTMAS STORY"   HENDERSON, NEVADA, December 12, 2017 – Christmas came early this year for eleven-year-old Andy Walken, a distance learning student at the International...

November is the season for remembering all we have for which to be thankful. Over the years, many families have shared their gratitude for homeschooling. The following was sent to Global Student Network in November 2015. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to...

By now everyone interested in homeschooling has heard the uproar about the Common Core State Standards and has embraced either a pro or con opinion about state implementation of the program in public schools across the U.S.  The important issue may not be whether...

Testing is not an unusual construct in the K-12 education world, whether tests are administered in public schools or in homeschools.  Most school-aged children in the U.S. have taken a national or state-based standardized test at one time or another.  Kids get...