Homeschooling
Find resources, success stories, and valuable advice for families considering this unique educational path, as well as education policymakers.
Paging Special Agent Johnny Utah to investigate Utah mystery
“Point Break” follows the adventures of newly minted FBI Special Agent Johnny Utah as he unravels the mystery of a group of Los Angeles bank robbers known as “the Ex-Presidents.” In what may be the greatest bad movie of all time, Agent Utah goes undercover to learn to surf because... READ MORENew Hampshire judge rejects teachers union challenge to Education Freedom Accounts Program
The story: As legal challenges to the wave of newly adopted education choice laws wind through the courts, a judge just handed New Hampshire a big win. On Tuesday, the...
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Perun, the rock star of Australian defense economists doing awesome hour-plus hour PowerPoint presentations on YouTube, recently did two such presentations on “game-changing” weapon systems in the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war....
READ MOREChimpanzees and sewing lessons: Flexible scholarship fuels Florida student’s unconventional education
Kate Streets wants to be Jane Goodall when she grows up. “I have always wanted to work with animals that you can actually touch and play with and have a...
READ MOREWhat’s going on with homeschooling numbers?
For the past several years, the story of American homeschooling has been a narrative sorely lacking reliable numbers. Last week, The Washington Post filled the void with the first carefully...
READ MORENew survey breaks down changing face of homeschooling
The face of homeschooling is changing, according to a new survey published by The Washington Post. Behind the headline: The Post reports newer homeschoolers have different motivations. Rather than religion, home-schoolers...
READ MOREActon Academy founder reflects on lessons learned from first-year education ‘detox’
When Apollo Academy opened in Tampa last year, 20 students showed up to participate in the inaugural year of student-led learning. By the time the Tampa-based school closed for summer...
READ MOREHow Florida can make its public schools open to all students
Christina Sheffield’s son, Graham, was soaring ahead of classmates. She wanted a learning environment that challenged him, so she created one herself. She pulled him out of a private school...
READ MOREFlorida’s post-pandemic homeschooling growth continues
The number of Florida families choosing home education jumped nearly nine percent last school year. The new numbers, based on registration data kept by districts and reported this summer by...
READ MOREAttention union reps: Stop defending learning loss
Was pandemic learning loss a necessary evil to create a more just society? One teachers union representative from Richmond, Virginia seems to think so. In an interview with ProPublica, Melvin...
READ MORESurvey: Nearly half of parents looking to switch their kids’ schools
Nearly half of all parents are seeking new schools for their children in the 2023-24 school year. The data comes from a new survey by National School Choice Week, which...
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