13- and 14-year-old siblings enter UC Berkeley as junior transfer students
by Noel Gallagher These homeschooled siblings from California are some of Berkeley's youngest students A homeschooler's perspective on the twelve days of Christmas
The ABCs of Home-Schooling
The homeschooling movement is gaining mainstream adherents, and an industry is growing to service learn-at-homes
Advanced Placement at Home Learn how homeschoolers can participate in AP classes without leaving home
Choosing Homeschooling This Aish.com article tells the story of a family beginning to homeschool their children from a Jewish perspective
Dispelling the Myths About Homeschooling A good article for any worried prospective homeschoolers, or non-enthusiasts of homeschooling
The Door Is Open
Homeschooling doesn't close the door to kids getting into colleges; it can even open the door even wider
Escape from the Institutional Straightjacket
- NEW An article that strongly argues that traditional schooling is ineffective, and that schools fail to really educate children.
Feeling Unqualified to Homeschool This article helps new homeschooling parents overcome their worries of not being qualified to teach their children
Homegrown Scholars
- NEW An article about a homeschooled scholar at Princeton, and homeschooling in general. Homeschooled students do well in spelling, geography bees A Boston.com article explains and discusses the phenomenon of homeschoolers winning several recent spelling and geography competitions
Homeschoolers Are at Home at Harvard
This '89 article tells of two homeschoolers attending Harvard Homeschoolers, Today's Colleges Want You! This Homeschool.com article discusses how to prepare homeschoolers' college applications and get into students' top choices Homeschooling - NEW A history of homeschooling and some general information about it.
Homeschooling: Back to the Future? In this article from the Cato Institute, homeschooling's origins and styles are explained, plus many frequently asked questions are answered
Homeschooling Comes of Age in College Admission - Part 1 Homeschoolers are coveted by many elite schools; this article explains why
Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide for Parents This article addresses various questions and concerns about homeschooling
How Not to Get Into College
Kohn explains how to prepare to try to get into top schools
How to Answer the Socialization Question Once and for All This National Home Education Network article gives advice on how to answer the ubiquitous socialization question
I Was Homeschooled and I Just Didn't Know It A grandmother recounts her own traditional education and how most of her real learning took place outside the classroom
In a Class by Themselves Stanford Magazine examines why homeschoolers are suddenly being noticed by prestigious colleges
Is Homeschool for You? In this article from About Homeschool, readers go through a simple ten-step questionnaire to see if homeschooling sounds right for them
Learning About Learning - The First Step in Homeschooling You've made the decision to homeschool - now what do you do?
Make Way For A Moratorium An analysis of the psychological development of teens and the identities they forge for themselves - useful for homeschooling parents of teenagers
Meet My Teachers: Mom And Dad
A growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any school
No Thank You, We Don't Believe in Socialization How the public school idea of socialization being necessary for education is unfounded
Public Schools Are Cheating the Children Stossel argues that government monopolies of public schools are cheating the students out of a good education
Quick! Is Johnny signed up for daydreaming? An article that laments students' being overscheduled, and not leaving them enough time to daydream
Reflecting on the Value of Materials and Classes A former homeschooling mom tells the humorous story of her son's experience with curriculum, classes, lectures, notes, and pop quizzes
Schoolhouse Rocked This Boston Globe article explores how homeschooling has gone mainstream and how top colleges are welcoming homeschoolers
Teen Scores ACT perfection - NEW A homeschool teen manages to score a perfect on the ACT. This article addresses questions homeschoolers may have about college, drawing on the editor of Homeschool.com and a former Stanford Admissions Director for answers
Trapped in the Wrong Government School This article explains how the quality of local public schools can be luck of the draw
Unlimited, math, music prodigy soars 16-year-old homeschooler Michael Viscardi wins the $100,000 prize from the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology
What you'll wish you'd known - NEW This article looks back on high school and what you wish you'd known then.
When Diversity Isn't This Home Education Magazine article discusses one of the key ongoing issues faced by homeschoolers
Why do we homeschool? Two words: Square dancing Twenty-five funny, relatable reasons why we all homeschool
Why Nerds are Unpopular
- NEW An insightful and intriguing look at nerds and how they are a part of society.
World renowned child artist returns to Harrison County This article reports on homeschooled 11-year-old world-renowned artist Akiane Kramarik
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