Posts Tagged ‘homeschooling’
They Know How to Balance a Checkbook and Do Their Own Laundry
Yes! Real life homeschooling families comin' at ya from Wisconsin's Lakeland Times.
Homeschooling with Dickens
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." ~~ Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
Missouri School Offers Glimpse at Emerging Damage of No Child Left Behind Debacle
"The story of Hanna Woods is being repeated nationwide this fall as thousands of schools fail to meet the standards of the federal No Child Left Behind act." So begins a Friday, Dec. 4 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article by Valerie Schremp Hahn titled "Schools Falling Farther Behind." In order to grasp what's happening at the little elementary [...]
If Homeschooling Is So Weird, Why the Passion for It?
I feel it - passion to the point where after a too-long hiatus I'm re-dedicating my time to spreading the words about homeschooling. Others feel the passion, too. The number of homeschooling moms willing to devote unpaid time to blogging, leading support groups, holding classes, answering phone calls and more while they're also homeschooling is [...]
