Why We Must Continue the Fight

Why We Must Continue the Fight

Fall 2019 / Brenda Brown Not many of us today worry when we are at the park with our children or shopping for groceries in the middle of the day that we are going to be questioned about why our children are not in school. We don’t live in fear that a truancy officer...
Rearing Innovators

Rearing Innovators

Spring 2019 / by Sarah Hicks As a boy, Orville Wright was expelled from elementary school for mischievous behavior. Nevertheless, he and his older brother, Wilbur, were successful entrepreneurs with their own printing press by ages fifteen and seventeen. Both favored...
Homeschool Ninja Warriors

Homeschool Ninja Warriors

Spring 2019 / by Ken Auer Many children have fantasized about getting up the warped wall as the crowd chants, “Beat that Wall!” on the American Ninja Warrior (ANW) television show. But that’s only a dream—or is it? In 2018, NBC’s Universal Kids chose 192 children,...
The Five Ps of Picking Curriculum

The Five Ps of Picking Curriculum

Spring 2019 / by T.K. Chapman Ah, spring! The trees are budding, the flowers are blooming, and the birds and bugs are emerging. Homeschool catalogs appearing in your mailbox. An unmistakable freshness and newness permeates the air. It’s the time of year when many...
Feel the Rain

Feel the Rain

Spring 2019 / by Daphne Petrey One day in the middle of a lengthy wet spell, my three daughters and I were at home getting a little stir crazy—some more than others. When the rain finally let up a bit, and one asked to go outside, I said, “Yes!” I figured a little...
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