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3 Reasons NOT to Homeschool |
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Heather Sanders |
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Each family comes with its own dynamic – a beautifully complicated medley of philosophies and needs involving a family’s heritage or culture, parenting style, financial stability, spiritual or religious preference, communication, and of course, educational goals and background. It may not be the right choice for a family to homeschool. These reasons not to homeschool can give you some food for thought. |
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Dear New Homeschooler |
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A look at the process new homeschoolers go through to find resources and information on the internet. |
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Homeschool is a How-To-Live Decision, Not a How-To-Learn Decision |
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Penelope Trunk |
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Homeschooling is a huge family decision. It's not a schooling decision. It's a decision about what the values of a family are. Deciding to homeschool or not is a fundamental decision about family life. There is a point when kids can decide for themselves, but it's when kids are independent enough that schooling is not so much a family decision. |
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Making the Decision to Homeschool |
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Choosing to homeschool a deaf or hard-of-hearing child can offer some complex issues to consider. This articles offers a starting point to explore some of those issues and to help you decide if homeschooling is right for your family. |
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Should I Homeschool Or Not |
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To homeschool or not to homeschool, that may be your question.
And that only leads to more questions: How do I know if I should or not? What should I even start to think about? What about curriculum? If you have at all considered homeschooling these questions have probably run through your mind.
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The Heart of Homeschooling is Love |
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Grace Jorgensen |
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A veteran homeschool mom discusses how love for one's children fosters the desire and courage to take on the responsibility of educating them. |
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The Why of Homeschool |
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Isabel Lyman, Ph.D. |
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Focusing on homeschooling and the media, Isabel Lyman's doctoral dissertation analysis of over 300 newspaper and magazine articles revealed that the top four reasons to bypass conventional schooling were dissatisfaction with the public schools, the desire to freely impart religious values, academic excellence, and the building of stronger family bonds.
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Why Homeschool? |
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Dr. Ben J. Mettes |
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This article was written by Drs. Ben J. Mettes, who has degrees in psychology and communications, and looks at the way in which school enforces a specific psychological mindset onto children. The article looks critically at the education system, including University, and argues that it does not prepare for future jobs. School destroys intelligence, by focusing on the left hemisphere and silencing the right hemisphere of the brain.
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Why I Homeschool |
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Penelope Trunk |
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A look at the many reasons to choose homeschooling over traditional schooling. |
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