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Voting for Homeschooling in the Presidential Elections

I am reluctantly writing this to address some questions recently posed to me about homeschooling and various candidates’ positions. My disclaimer is that I haven’t read every single piece of paper, every speech, nor have I reviewed every voting record out there. Which candidate do you think is most against homeschooling? Hillary Clinton, hands down is most opposed to homeschooling. She supports school choice, universal preschool and a slew of other legislation that could stand in direct opposition to homeschooling. On a side note, I have actually met her, and she feels strongly that homeschoolers should have more oversight at … Continue reading →

What Does Preschool Look Like?

I’ve made it no secret that I’m not a fan of formally schooling kids before age 6. I think our society has pushed the idea that kids need to be educated earlier with the Universal PK agenda, but I still maintain that providing good experiences to little ones is more important than providing the 3 R’s at an early age. This isn’t an academic blog so I’m not going to delve into that research here. However, I thought it might be helpful to talk about what preschool might look like in a homeschooling setting. Turn Off the Television I don’t … Continue reading →

Giuliani Supports Homeschooling–Sort Of

I have to start off by admitting my bias right off the bat. I really like Giuliani. I lived in New York City when he was mayor and frankly, I think he was good at it. Overall, he made the city a much safer and nicer place to live. But this isn’t a political endorsement. I mentioned awhile back that I would start talking about presidential candidates and their positions on education and how that might affect home schooling. Supporting School Choice Any candidate that supports school choice is probably a safe bet for homeschoolers. In education, school choice is … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review: September 17 to September 22

Welcome to the home school blog’s week in review. If you have some reading to catch up on, here’s the place to start. As always, we welcome comments and suggestions if you have any ideas of things you’d like us to cover. Homeschooling Resources this Week Chele has introduced a new feature to the home schooling blog that many of you have been very happy to see: The Homeschooling Resource of the Day. In it she shares websites, a word and journal prompt of the day, and a book of the day. Rather than link them under the individual days, … Continue reading →

What Homeschoolers Should Know About the Universal PK Agenda

If you don’t know it, Universal PK is a push towards creating free, publicly funded preschools. In other words it’s public school for preschool aged kids. Doesn’t sound too bad right? The NEA loves to tout research on how kids who go to a good preschool tend to earn about $2000 more per year than kids who didn’t and all of these other benefits that kids who don’t go to preschool miss out on. But behind the Universal PK agenda, is a push towards lowering compulsory attendance laws. Fundamentally, the message to parents is: ‘You can’t do this. You’re not … Continue reading →