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How to Decide If You Should Homeschool |
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Homeschooling is a big decision. But it may be exactly what your family needs. Think through your educational options with these free homeschool resources. |
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Investigating the Idea of Homeschooling |
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Mandy Tyler |
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An examination of the pros and cons of choosing to homeschool and how this decision can go against what we perceive to be cultural norms. Many people are surprised by what they learn about homeschooling as they explore this option further. |
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Making the Decision to Homeschool |
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Sabrina Justison |
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Homeschooling is actually not a good idea for every family. This list of points details things you should think about when deciding whether you will homeschool or not. |
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Making the Decision to Homeschool |
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Choosing to homeschool a deaf or hard-of-hearing child can offer some complex issues to consider. This articles offers a starting point to explore some of those issues and to help you decide if homeschooling is right for your family. |
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Ten Reasons to Homeschool Your Children |
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Brian L. Boley |
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A look at some of the reasons parent choose to home educate their children, including physical distance from a school, medical conditions, differences in learning styles, religious convictions, issues with government school, and the environment in today's schools. |
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The Why of Homeschool |
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Isabel Lyman, Ph.D. |
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Focusing on homeschooling and the media, Isabel Lyman's doctoral dissertation analysis of over 300 newspaper and magazine articles revealed that the top four reasons to bypass conventional schooling were dissatisfaction with the public schools, the desire to freely impart religious values, academic excellence, and the building of stronger family bonds.
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Why Do People Homeschool? |
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Ann Brady |
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Even parents with diverse lifestyles and backgrounds can agree on the reasons for educating their own children at home. |
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Why Homeschool? |
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Dr. Ben J. Mettes |
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This article was written by Drs. Ben J. Mettes, who has degrees in psychology and communications, and looks at the way in which school enforces a specific psychological mindset onto children. The article looks critically at the education system, including University, and argues that it does not prepare for future jobs. School destroys intelligence, by focusing on the left hemisphere and silencing the right hemisphere of the brain.
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Why I am Home-Schooling This Fall |
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Chandra Hoffman |
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Chandra Hoffman has decided to home-school her 8-year-old son Hayden once this school year ends. She certainly didn’t make this choice to fill her “free” time — her first novel, “Chosen,” is coming out this fall, and most authors clear their calendars for an event like that. But her overstuffed calendar — and her son’s — is precisely the reason she is making this choice. |
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Why We Are (gulp!) Home Schooling |
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Ron Julian |
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More and more, public schools are confronting Christians with difficult choices. One parent explains why he and his wife made the decision to home school. He discusses how they perceived a clash of world views, the lack of balance between school and family, what education really is, and more. |
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