The PSA Kerfuffle: Making Up the Rules as We Go Along

Homeschool

by Rebecca Kocsis We are experiencing unprecedented times. California parents are faced with some tough decisions due to COVID-19 precautions. Do they keep their children in their public school and follow distance learning? Or do they take them out and homeschool them...

Keep Calm and Homeschool On

Homeschool, Homeschooling 101, Records

by Katie Julius Take a deep breath in. Hold it. Now, exhale. As we sit in our homes this summer watching the news and social media for word of what school will look like this fall (with a seemingly different answer each week), it can be frustrating, daunting, and...

5 Ways to Lose Your Homeschool Freedom

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by Johanna Ireland, Homeschool Idaho You may have noticed by now that some states have more homeschool freedom than others. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: You have homeschool freedom if you can keep it! Keeping or losing homeschool freedom takes intent. Here are...

The Harvard Hullabaloo: It’s Not Really About Homeschooling

Homeschool, Leaders, Support Groups

by Rebecca Kocsis Many excellent articles have been written by some very intelligent people successfully refuting Professor Bartholet’s erroneous and often unsubstantiated statements in her paper, Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education...

Harvard Magazine: A Response

Homeschool

by John McGowan, CHEA Board of Directors By now, many in the homeschool community have either read or seen reports of the recent Harvard Magazine piece offering the views of Elizabeth Bartholet, professor of law and faculty director of the Harvard Law School’s Child...

Planning Your Homeschool Year

Curriculum, Homeschool, Planning

Are stacks of books, teacher guides, and the blank pages of your planner staring back at you as the summer quickly slips away? If you’re feeling a little lost or overwhelmed planning your school year, Kristi Clover, homeschooling mom behind KristiClover.com can...