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An Open Letter to My Non-Homeschooling Friends

It can be difficult for friends to understand the changes and challenges a homeschooling family faces. This mom shares her reasons for homeschooling and why her relationship with them is different now.

The Great American Textbook Scandal

The nasty scrap inside California's process for picking its public school textbooks shows why publishers and educrats must share some of the blame for poor test results.

Zig Zag World

Zig Zag World features Hebrew games and activities.

HEM-Networking

This list is sponsored by Home Education Magazine (HEM) for networking and communication within the online homeschooling community.

Pacific Justice Institute (PJI)

Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. PJI provides free representation to parents who are unlawfully denied the right to homeschool their children. PJI also provides legal counsel to those parents wishing to homeschool, but do not know their legal options or obligations.

National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance (NAAHA)

The National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance was born out of a desire to unite African-American homeschoolers nationally. Launched in January 2003, NAAHA is the only nonsectarian organization for African-American home schooling families. The primary objective of NAAHA is to disseminate home schooling information relevant to African-American homeschoolers or to anyone home schooling African-American children. NAAHA's fundamental mission is to consistently provide the latest and the best home school information and resources for members and online guests to enjoy--from home schooling books and curricula to new African-American support groups and organizations. In addition to being an information clearinghouse, NAAHA also provides free educational advisory help from educational professionals and from those with a degreed knowledge of a particular subject.

Gifted Kids' Bill of Rights

A list of ideals for interacting, living, and learning with a gifted child.

How do Unschoolers Turn Out?

As more and more families take up unschooling, self-directed education, researchers have pondered whether it is a successful learning model or not. Peter Gray and Gina Riley offer the results of a survey of 232 parents who unschooled their children. The results were overwhelmingly positive about the unschooling experience. In a follow-up survey, Gray asked children who had been unschooled for their feedback. They recounted their experiences and how it affected their lives as adults, with most saying that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages of unschooling.

Ozark Ramblings

This blog chronicles the joys of raising and homeschooling an only son.

Homeschooling: A Growing Option in American Education

The decision to homeschool is often rooted in concerns about school environments, dissatisfaction with academic instruction, and a preference for religious and moral guidance lacking in traditional schools. The decentralized nature of homeschooling poses challenges for researchers in drawing specific conclusions about its impact on outcomes such as academic achievement. Despite this, evaluations consistently show that homeschooled students thrive academically.