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Family Passes 30,000 Miles Homeschooling In RV
by Mark
Crossing 15 states from Maine down to Florida and across to Texas in a motorhome, this family has turned homeschooling into roadschooling. This family of four, along with their dog, is gearing up for the remaining 35 states.
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School, 24-7?
by Matthew Henry
When did you stop learning? Did it happen in high school? College? When the bell rang for that last time in that last class, were you finished? Walking across that aisle with the tasseled hat and garb, did you say, wow, it's finished?
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85% of Public Schooled Children Leaving Church Forever
by Alan Melton
Between 85% and 88% of K-12 public schooled children are leaving the church, never to return, according to two recently conducted studies.
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Why Some Christian Families Choose Public Schooling
by Alan Melton
Many Christian parents today are deciding to place their children in public schools, in spite of the growing trend towards homeschooling. These parents deeply care about their children, and thoughtfully armed with information available in their churches and communities, they choose the local public school. In this article we will examine these reasons, and offer alternative considerations.
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Busyness: The Thief of Family Memories
by Alan Melton
“Seventeen summers” said the busy father, wistfully describing the memory of his oldest child growing up. He continued, “We get seventeen summer vacations, and then our children are gone.” His statement stung me as I thought about my own family experience.
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Abnormality, Thy Name is Homeschool
by Steve Kellmeyer
For most Americans, homeschooling seems rather odd. Why bother with it? We have had public and private schools with us all of our lives, as have our parents before us and their parents before them from time immemorial. Why not stick with what works? The thought would be touching, if it were historically accurate. It isn’t.
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In Patrick Henry's Footsteps
by Kevin Swanson - executive director of the Colorado Home School Association
One-hundred and twenty years ago, when Laura Ingalls Wilder walked into her one-room schoolhouse, there were no police officers in the hallways, and not a single arrest made the entire school year. A police officer in Colorado Springs recently told me that he makes an arrest a day at a high school in that city.
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Public Education Isn't Preparing Teens
by J. Michael Smith - HSLDA President
Bill Gates has declared American high schools "obsolete." In a Feb. 26 speech to the National Education Summit on High Schools, he said "our high schools — even when they're working exactly as designed — cannot teach our kids what they need to know today."
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Lessons from the Pit
by Jim Werner -- Circle Christian School
This weekend my two youngest sons and I had the task of cleaning up the volleyball pit at our home. The “pit” has been a family favorite for many years because it has provided so much fun and entertainment.
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Respect For Our Flag
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
I just wanted to give out a poem that I found. It is interesting to note that there are so many people who don't respect the flag of the United States of America.
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Teaching Different Grade Levels
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
You have probably asked, "How do I home school more than one child in different grades?"
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The War Against Boys
by Kevin Swanson
You may have seen a recent news headline: "New scientific research indicates - Boys are Different from Girls." That assertion should be laughably obvious to the rest of us, but what is laughably obvious happens also to be a serious flaw in the predominant worldview operational today. Unfortunately, we have not taking this basic assumption into account in the education of our children.
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My Child Just Doesn't Get It
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
The class is going to move forward whether one or two students understands it or not.
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Christmas Break
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
As you know most schools have a two week vacation. Some children have homework to do during this time. So, what should we do as homeschoolers?
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A Father and Son
by Kevin Swanson
I sit here in the car driving home from the office. My twelve year old son sits next to me and I think back on the years in which our relationship developed into what it is today.
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School In The Summer
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
Here it is summer time. Yeah, no more school. Time to relax and take it easy. Well, that is what you think.
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Questions Asked Of Homeschoolers
by Bart Buskey -- Fatherville.com
If you are like me and many others who homeschool you have been asked by friends and family, "Aren't you sending your kids to school?" Then when they find out that you are schooling them yourself they say, "They sure are missing out learning to socialize with other kids their own age. They just aren't living in the real world."
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