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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...

If you're a homeschool parent and are considering forming a homeschool cooperative, you will quickly discover that there are dozens of ways you can structure your co-op to best serve its members.  Generally speaking, homeschool co-ops are made up of families who share...

GSN is offering a $25 Amazon Gift Card for each student enrolled by Aug. 15, 2017. Global Student Network (GSN) provides nine online curriculum options for homeschool families.  Our online learning platforms are – Flexible You can determine when and where your student...

Our websites will be undergoing maintenance this weekend, from approximately 8PM PDT on Saturday, 5/20 thru 6AM PDT on Sunday, 5/21 and will not be available. Our curriculum, however, will remain online, should you need to access curriculum during this maintenance...

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Summary  The idea of Common Core State Standards goes back to 2008 when Janet Napolitano, former Arizona Governor and 2006-07 chair of the National Governors Association, wrote a report focused on improving math and science education in...

Research shows that students who attend summer learning programs often demonstrate learning gains over students who do not attend summer school.  Unfortunately, summer public school programs can be labor and cost intensive and many school districts have been forced to...

Thousands of parents have watched their young toddler or elementary school child behave in ways that "seem so intelligent" and, based on these casual observations, have concluded that their child is most certainly "gifted."  Unfortunately, many of these parents do not...

Global Student Network (GSN), a provider of state-of-the-art online educational tools since 2004, provides a wide variety of personalized learning tools that can be utilized as an alternative to "one-size-fits-all" instructional approaches often used in public...

Global Student Network is pleased to offer Edmentum™ Study Island. Designed to help students in grades K-12 master content and improve skills in language arts and math, Study Island now includes science and social studies. This high-impact learning platform provides...

GradPoint Music Appreciation has been extremely fun, engaging and informative course. Each unit provides new and useful information about music during different periods. There are many resources online to learn about music during different periods (i.e. Baroque and...

Typically, the Number 3 question asked of me right after “How do you socialize your kids?” and “What curriculum do you use?” is “How are you homeschooling more than one child?” It’s a good question, especially in our day and age, when most people school with same age...

Confession: I am a school supply junkie. I always have been. I think my addiction began in my early elementary years when I collected the perfectly spiraled pencil shavings in my desk. Now, it has turned into a member card to the closest office supply and strict...

Being the new kid on the block isn’t ever easy, especially for the new-to-homeschooling family or the ones that just moved to town. There is an adjustment to the culture of homeschooling if you haven’t done this before and we, as somewhat veterans, can help make that...

“School Choice” is a term that is tossed around by policy makers, brandished by politicians, and debated by educational experts. But homeschool families aren’t “tossing, brandishing, or debating” school choice – they’re LIVING school choice! Homeschool families have...

If I’m truly honest, one of the biggest drawbacks of homeschooling is the potential for isolation. Being proactive with our activity choices and creative with meeting our academic goals in fun ways can help beat the schoolhouse fever. Here are some ideas for social...

Homeschooling is most successful when done with team effort, but sometimes the roles are a bit harder to define for the team member not doing the day-to-day teaching. Here are a few ways the non-teaching spouse plays a vital role in homeschooling:   Big Vision...