Posts Tagged ‘ history of homeschooling ’

Film Director Astra Taylor

Film Director Astra Taylor

In this brilliant video lecture, The history of alternative schooling and homeschooling, Canadian-American documentary filmmaker and writer Astra Taylor describes her own homeschooling – specifically unschooling as promoted by John Holt in his ground-breaking publication Growing Without Schooling (“delivered to our mailbox in a brown paper bag”). She contextualizes her unschooled experiences and the...
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Homeschooling Goes Mainstream

Recently two homeschool advocates were guests on the Kojo Nnamdo radio show titled “Homeschooling Goes Mainstream.” The discussion centered on the history of homeschooling and the diversity of the greater homeschooling community. The guests were Celeste Land, Director of Government Affairs for the Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers, and a member of the board of...
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Homeschool History Lessons

The Carnival of Homeschooling #239 is hosted this week at The Common Room blog: “Although a theme is not necessary to host the homeschooling carnival (I have hosted with no theme before), it can be fun. This week’s theme is a bit ambitious. It is… the history of homeschooling in America. Please understand this...
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Who started what kind of homeschooling, and when?

The following article is a pleasant enough bread & butter article about homeschooling in New York state. The one incongruous note is almost a historical footnote, ‘who started what kind of homeschooling, and when.’ Home schooling on the rise locally, 15 June 2007, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York Those reasons offer a...
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    Greetings! There is so much to tell you about, but here is just a brief summary of what’s going on this year.  There is SO MUCH MORE so please visit the conference website to see it all. You have come to expect an extraordinary program and we are really stepping it up this year… incredible!   life on my terms . deep ecology psychokinesis . Anastasia wisdom l […]

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  • James Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOK
    James Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKInstant Download! Stop The Bullying EBOOK This book provides practical methods of teaching respect, encouraging student responsibility, and building compliance. This ebook also contains a supplemental character education section with techniques for praising students and encouraging more positive classroom behavior. It is d […]

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  • Home Training Tools – Science for at home schools
    Home Training Tools – Science for at home schoolsHome Science Tools is a resource for parents, teachers, and kids who want a better experience with hands-on science. Frank and Debbie Schaner started the company in 1994, when they realized how difficult it was to find the right supplies for doing science at home with their four children. Since then, they’ve b […]

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  • Staying Informed
    Staying InformedThe issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to un […]

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