Homeschool curriculum swap and show Macomb Journal – MACOMB-Homeschoolers in the area will have the chance to attend a homeschool curriculum swap and show on June 26. The event is designed to give parents a chance to exchange, investigate and purchase curriculum materials. Prospective homeschooling

Home schooling offers many advantagesBuffalo News,  United States - Jun 30, 2006… Parents who still haven’t formed an undying allegiance to either option might want to consider home schooling their children. Several …

Feedback from a Homeschooling Reader San Francisco Gate – We gave up on the public school system and began homeschooling our daughter when she was in the fourth grade. Now 15, she loves to read and write. She has taken classes at the local community college and is involved in theater and 4-H. We feel [...]

House votes to end home-schooler achievement testsKatu.com – Home-schooling parents “have a track record of doing an excellent job,” said Rep. John Dallum, R-The Dalles, a retired school teacher and superintendent. He said many home-schooled students perform better academically than do public school pupils

GIVING SIBLINGSPioneer Press, MN - Jun 21, 2006… said. “What they are is motivated.”. The home schooling took one to four hours a day, she said. “It was a tutorial education. We …

Eugene’s HomeSource and other publicly funded programs that serve home-schooled students may suffer a severe financial blow in the upcoming school year because of a new interpretation of how the state should be paying for them.
In a memo issued last month, state Department of Education officials said school districts must apply a different per-pupil funding [...]

A recent news article from The York Daily Record that describes a Pennsylvania homeschool graduation ceremony…
21 homeschool students became grads Saturday
by Theresa McMinn
Most high school graduations have similar programs. There’s usually a guest speaker, and final words to class members from a salutatorian and valedictorian. The graduating class is often presented as a whole [...]

According the HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association) several New York homeschool families have received enrollment forms and letters from their local school districts. According to HSLDA, the statewide student data system was designed by the New York State Education Department to collect and maintain public school student records only. Homeschool records have no [...]

According to The Post & Courier, homeschoolers are encouraging conservative denominations (i.e. Southern Baptists, Free Methodists) to pull their children out of public schools and homeschool them. This is partly due to religious reasons, but also because of concerns over violence and negative behavior patterns that children develop in a public-school setting. The [...]

Homeschool curriculum swap and show MACOMB-Homeschoolers in the area will have the chance to attend a homeschool curriculum swap and show on June 26. The event is designed to give parents a chance to exchange, investigate and purchase curriculum materials. Prospective homeschooling parents are also invited to gather information.