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

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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...

Who, Me? Write a Philosophy of Education?

God's Plan, Homeschool, World View

by Sue Pierce Beginning a new school year is a great time to rethink why we do what we do. Why are you homeschooling? What is the fundamental reason? What are the secondary reasons? What are the goals? What are the means? Is your main reason religious conviction? Is...

Schooling Through Summer

Curriculum, Homeschool, Planning

by Katie Julius The start of summer usually signals the end of school bells, homework, and school drop-off, but for many homeschooling families, summer often provides additional learning opportunities while participating in a variety of traditional summer activities....