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Part Three of Seven

Part Three of Seven: “You can only shelter your child so long before he/she becomes deprived of many wonderful activities and experiences that can’t be replicated at home alone with...

Part Two of Seven

Part Two of Seven: [Children] “need to be given the chance to learn from a variety of people who are specialized in their areas.” I completely agree with this statement...

Part One of Seven

Email of the Day: Hello, I have a quick question. We are doing our own curriculum and not using Homelink or any other programs in our school district. But I...

Money for Homeschooling

Email of the Day: Hello, I have a quick question. We are doing our own curriculum and not using Homelink or any other programs in our school district. But I...

Running Start Success

Email of the Day: I wrote to you last year about getting my daughter accepted as a running start student. You provided some terrific help, and I wanted to update...

Record Keeping: A Cautionary Tale

Email of the Day: Hi Jen, what do most people typically do for record keeping? Answer: The law requires you to keep the annual test/ assessment scores, and, if you...

I have measured out my life in coffee spoons

Well . . . it finally happened. I answered one of those “what year did you graduate? fill in posts” and got back, from a homeschool mom, “That’s the year...

Research Facts on Homeschooling

For your consideration: Research Facts on Homeschooling The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests. (The public school average is the...

Out of state accredited program — testing?

mail of the Day: We’re doing an out of state accredited program that has tests and finals with the program. Do we still have to do the annual testing or...

Testing in the Schools?

Email of the Day: I just called into sign up my tenth grade home schooler for state testing this year and the woman told me that they weren’t doing testing...

Enrolled in order to access the ancillary services?

Email of the Day: I went to access [ancillary service] at Public School, and the coordinator told me that Kidlet would have to be enrolled in order to access the...

Delaying School

For your consideration: “Parents wondering whether to wait a year to send their kids to kindergarten, take note: A new study from Stanford University shows that Danish kids who postponed...