by Spencer Mason | Mar 12, 2014 | Winter 2014, GREENHOUSE
12 Mar 2014 When I was growing up, many of the families I knew had pizza night and game night. Not mine. We had go out to dinner night, usually every other Friday on payday. We didn’t have any other family nights, though. With my own homeschooling family, we’ve...
by Spencer Mason | Feb 26, 2014 | Winter 2014, GREENHOUSE
26 Feb 2014 Many parents have questions about which achievement test would best fit their students. There have been several factors to take into consideration, but today, there is a new one: Do you want the test to be aligned to the Common Core? If you do not want a...
by Spencer Mason | Feb 5, 2014 | Winter 2014, GREENHOUSE
5 Feb 2014 The youth education program of NC Cooperative Extension, 4-H, is based at NC State and NC A&T State Universities. In 2012 there were 237,591 young people between the ages of five and nineteen who participated statewide with the help of 20,780 adult and...
by Spencer Mason | Jan 29, 2014 | Winter 2014, GREENHOUSE
29 Jan 2014 Note: This online version of this article has been edited to update some information about the Stanford Achievement Test. Our Philosophy on Testing Achievement testing is the educational topic most likely to incite questions and concerns among...
by Spencer Mason | Oct 16, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
16 Oct 2013 One of the freedoms I cherished most about homeschooling was that my kids could discover the adventure of learning rather than the boredom of school. To actually break through the bonds of boredom and into that learning adventure, however, may require some...