Helen Hegener, co-founder of Home Education Magazine, is the interviewed guest on the unique podcast and family resource, VickyandJen.com, which is about “making life simple so you can enjoy what really matters.” On the show Helen answers most of the typical questions: What is homeschooling? Why do parents choose to do it? Is it...
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The National Charter School Watch discussion group (NCSW) is assessing the state of things six years after its founding by homeschooling mom Annette Jurczak in June, 2004. The group’s description explains in part: We welcome those seeking information about charter school issues in their states and nationally, as well as those sharing information about...
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Debbie Harbeson ponders some questions about labeling children in her post, Homeschooling as a Method of Child-Proofing, on her Freedom and Fun blog: “I’ve recently discovered Peter Gray’s Freedom to Learn Blog and I enjoy reading his perspective on learning. His most recent post, ADHD and School: The Problem of Assessing Normalcy in an...
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In an editorial titled Why aren’t you homeschooling?, Jim Willson, who writes for the Hernando, Mississippi DeSoto Times-Tribune, began with this pronouncement: “Do you truly know what schools are teaching your children? If I wagered a guess, 9 out of 10 parents do not. The only sure way to know is to educate your...
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In an article for the July 8th issue of Education Week titled Conservative Candidates Take Aim at Federal K-12 Role, Alyson Klein writes: The conservative currents roiling the 2010 midterm election season bring with them a new group of Republican congressional candidates who are outspoken about their desire for a limited federal role in...
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From The McDowell News, McDowell County, North Carolina, comes this article, tellingly titled Homeschools more popular than private schools in McDowell: More kids are homeschooled in McDowell. Although the state has not released its figures for the 2009-10 school year, in 2008-09, 293 homeschools in McDowell educated 491 kids, more than twice the number...
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Canadian/American editor, writer, publicist and home-educating mom to four sons, Kelly Green, blogs at Kelly Green and Gold, and her writing is often pure gold: Thoughtful, informative, thought-provoking. On July 3 her post Social Engineering hits all three dead-on-the-money when she addresses the issue of outcomes-based education – or OBE: “OBE has been foisted...
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Pat Farenga explained the situation in his June 28th post: Sweden Bans Homeschooling: What would Pippi Longstocking say?, subtitled ‘Educational Freedom Takes Another Hit: Sweden makes homeschooling illegal’: “Our homeschooling friends in Sweden have suffered a major blow: On June 22, 2010 the Swedish Parliament effectively wiped-out the ability of families to choose homeschooling...
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LEBANON, Ohio — Kelly and April Kamentz would like to see all of their six children play sports on Lebanon schools teams. But the 19-year residents of the district may not get that chance because their children are homeschooled, and like other Warren County schools that have high “partial enrollment” requirements, Lebanon requires student-athletes...
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