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Playing an Active Role in Your Children's Homeschooling
by Tuscan Brittney
Homeschooling is an option that many parents make when they feel that, for whatever
reason, their youngster will not be getting the best education in a community
or private school system. Homeschooling allows for specific curriculum
and teaching techniques to be applied that suit your child's individual
needs - something that is unlikely to happen in a large classroom. One
of the benefits - and also one of the difficulties - in homeschooling
is the extreme amount of flexibility it affords. In order to homeschool
successfully, it is important that you understand this. more...
Come Up With Projects When Homeschooling
by Tuscan Brittney
Due to its many benefits, many parents are considering homeschooling for their
children. Homeschooling allows for a more flexible academic experience,
and curriculum can be easily tailored to your child's particular needs.
As the costs of private schools continue to rise, homeschooling becomes
a reasonable economic decision as well. more...
Class action
by Richard D. Kahlenberg
In 1998, William Bowen, a former president of Princeton, and Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard, wrote a highly influential defense of affirmative action titled The Shape of the River. While affirming the consideration of race in university admissions, the book dismissed the idea that colleges should do a better job of admitting low-income students of all races. more...
Left Behind
Students get short changed in public schools
At one of his trademark elementary school photo ops earlier this year, President Bush said his administration was pumping money into America's schools like never before. "The federal government is sending checks at record amounts," he announced. In fact, Bush's 2005 budget provides the smallest increase in education funding since 1996. more...
Parents are a child's best teachers
by Jenni Russel
It's very curious, in this age of measurement and quantification in education, to discover that there are some facts that no one knows. And one of those is how many children are educated outside school. Education Otherwise, one of the home educators' organisations, says 170,000. more...
The house the burgeses built.
by Greg Beato
WHEN LOUISIANA residents Joyce and Eric Burges started educating their oldest son at home 15 years ago, the homeschooling movement was largely composed of white Christians. Within the black community, dropping out of public school was considered downright treasonous. more...
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