Home > Website Directory > Blog: News & Commentary
Free Paper Toys – Article – Home Education Magazine – HEM ...
Guide to Homeschool Books – Materials – Curricula – Methods – Supplements
From the website 100 Exceptional Free Paper Toys: “There is an underlying web world about papercraft modeling. It is not visible. It is hard to find. And, in many cases, the web sites are in a language that most of us can’t read. But, believe me, it is huge. And it is not about printable cards or paper dolls, or even scrapbooking. It is about stunningly good looking three dimensional paper models: Gadgets,...
Date: 2011-12-11 01:29:24
Related topics : free homeschool resources / free home education resources / free homeschool language arts
HEM Archives | Home Education Magazine
Since 1996 Home Education Magazine has been sharing the best homeschool writing available online, as our widely respected writers and columnists have offered helpful views and their own first-hand experiences with the questions faced by all homeschooling families. For 15 years we’ve been putting our magazine content online, with articles on getting started, methods of homeschooling, socialization, curriculum choices (or no curriculum), selecting resources, testing and accountability, finding...
Date: 2011-11-13 20:32:34
Related topics : home education magazine / how to homeschool and work / homeschool education magazine
Please don't call it homeschooling – Home School Article – Articles ...
It is tempting to just give this the Worst Headline award, but it is only Thursday morning:
Homeschool parents seek charter school in Medford
A group of parents who homeschool their children submitted an application today to found a public charter school for homeschoolers in the Medford School District.
Logos Charter School organizers say they want the K-12 school to serve as a guidance and resource center for parents and to allow homeschoolers to earn regular diplomas from the Medford...
Date: 2011-01-21 08:00:00
Related topics : homeschooling charter schools / charter home schools / homeschooling public schools
Homeschooling on NPR
On Wednesday, Nov. 9th, at 9:00 a.m. PST, Homeschooling will be the topic of a program on KUOW-FM radio, 94.9, a National Public Radio affiliate station in Seattle, Washington, a service of the University of Washington, and a top-ranked radio station in the Seattle/Tacoma area.
Host Steve Scher will discuss homeschooling with several guests. The program notes detail the direction the questions will take:
“Homeschooling has soared in the United States in recent years, climbing from 850,000...
Date: 2011-11-02 01:23:51
Related topics : national home education research institute / from home homeschooling / washington homeschool organization
Texas Statistics Again – Home School Article – Articles – HEM
An editorial in the May 13 Houston Chronicle revisits the article earlier this week:
Is home-schooling among Texas high school kids growing by leaps and bounds? The numbers look fishy, and we’re suspicious that really, something ugly is happening.
According to the Texas Education Agency, more than 22,620 high school students stopped showing up for class in 2008 but weren’t listed as dropouts. Instead, their schools filed paperwork declaring that those students had left to be...
Date: 2011-05-14 07:00:00
Related topics : texas home schools / high school home education / texas homeschooling
Homeschoolers and Texas Drop-out Rate – Home School Article ...
This disturbing piece is from May 2001 and re-published yesterday online. Counts don’t add up, by Lucy Hood, Edmund S. Tijerina and Sharon K. Hughes. Some excerpts:
To assess the extent of the dropout problem, the newspaper last fall began to track the 1,053 freshmen who enrolled at Holmes in the 1997-98 school year. Holmes was chosen for the study because it is one of the most diverse high schools in San Antonio and, with 3,000 students, represents a typical large urban school in Texas.
The...
Date: 2011-11-04 07:00:00
Related topics : online homeschooling programs for high school students / texas home schools / high school home schooling programs
Homeschooling in Texas – Home School Article – Articles – HEM
Hi, I homeschooled my child, I was told then she would not have to have a diploma to get into College, citing California laws.
Kim my Child is enrolled in college now, but they are on her about her school records. What can I do? As they are telling her she will not be able to continue if she does not provide them with her school records.
I did have her take an online High School Eqiv. Test which she past but they won’t take that either unless it is mailed Directly from them. We are having...
Date: 2011-09-12 20:14:36
Related topics : from homeschool to high school / online home school high school / high school homeschooling online
Jamaican Prime Minister Homeschools
Exciting news from Linda Dobson, an HEM columnist, author of many books on homeschooling, and founder of the website, Parent at the Helm:
“I became aware of Prime Minister – and Education Minister – Holness’ decision to homeschool last week when a friend in Jamaica contacted me. She let me know she had loaned Prime Minister Holness one of my books. She said he still hasn’t returned it yet, kindly insinuating that maybe the book (and hers!) had something to do with the minister’s...
Date: 2011-12-03 14:40:06
Related topics : from home homeschooling / education to home
Starting a Group | Homeschooling Support Groups
The articles below, from the pages of Home Education Magazine, not only address core issue, both interpersonal and political, but they also will give you an historical perspective on how homeschooling got to where it is today.
What’s in a Name? – Ginny Hunt
Ginny Hunt examines the curious pickle homeschoolers have gotten into, where we must identify ourselves as what we are not, instead of as what we are, and thoughtfully suggests a solution.
Starting a Support Group – Carol Narigon
Carol...
Date: 2011-12-04 12:49:31
Related topics : families in support of home education
The Virtues of Standardized Tests – Home School Article – Articles ...
In a piece titled, “Tests offer important feedback,” homeschooler Heather Duncan argues the virtues of standardized tests.
You may not take standardized tests quite so seriously, and may even question their importance. Our ability to homeschool doesn’t depend upon test scores (at least not yet), nor do we get government entitlements when the scores are top-notch. Still, standardized tests do have benefits for homeschoolers.
First, they validate what we do as a movement. Regardless of the...
Date: 2011-03-23 07:00:00
Related topics : how to do homeschool