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When Accreditation May be Necessary

In my post, Is Accreditation Necessary, I wrote about the current debate of accreditation in the homeschool community. Next, I wrote reasons to consider an accredited homeschool diploma. I also wrote about reasons you may want to avoid an accredited diploma. This is a difficult debate for the homeschooling community. Many homeschoolers love the freedoms that they have to educate each child toward his or her individual strengths. Others, while appreciating that freedom, still want to be able to get help or reassurance that they are ‘doing it right’ in the form of accreditation. The safety net threatens homeschoolers who … Continue reading →

Medical Tourism – A Way Around Insurance?

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What happens if you need a medical procedure, or a surgery, and your health insurance won’t cover the entire cost? Many people are turning to hospitals outside of the United States for their health care needs. The cost is often less than the out of pocket expense a person would have to pay if he or she went through American doctors, and used American health insurance. In general, health insurance is a good thing to have. It helps many people to be able to afford to see a doctor when they need to, to purchase prescription medication, and to receive … Continue reading →

Do You Need Professional (Genealogy) Help?

Many people pursue genealogy as a hobby. For others, their passion for genealogy has led them to become professional genealogists. Those of us that are not professional genealogists may wonder who hires professional genealogists and what they are hired to do. Professional genealogists research the history of people. They work on projects that range from simple record searches to helping people get around “brick walls” in their personal research to writing books about entire families and their heritage. Many different people enlist the services of professional genealogists, such as people who would love to know their family history but have … Continue reading →

What Does the Hague Convention Agreement Actually Say?

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Adoption periodicals and websites often refer to the “Hague Convention”, to “Hague requirements” and to countries being “Hague” or “non-Hague”. What does that mean? I gave a brief overview and shared some potential concerns. But what exactly does the Hague Convention say? “Hague” refers to the international courts at the Hague in Holland. The adoption agreement referred to is formally titled “Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect to Intercountry Adoption”. The introduction states that “the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere … Continue reading →

Tennessee Homeschool Graduates Face Diploma Issues

A police officer received a perfect 4.0 average at the police academy, but has lost his certification because he received a category IV high school diploma. (A Category IV high school diploma is awarded to private church schools and homeschoolers). Four childcare workers also lost their jobs due to having a category IV diploma. (Lifesitenews.com) This means that even homeschoolers with accredited diplomas in Tennessee will not be eligible for state jobs. A recent blog at StoptheACLU.com states that Tennessee only wants to hire the dumbest kids for state jobs. The article continues to say, “It has come to pass … Continue reading →

Clayton County GA Parents Should Look into Homeschooling

Let’s see if I can get this right… Homeschooling opponents insist that homeschoolers need accreditation for their high school diplomas to count. They tell us that going to a public school or accredited private school is the only proper way to educate a child. Still, as is the case in Clayton County GA, not all public schools students are guaranteed accreditation. Hmmm. About a month ago, the Clayton County Public School district in Georgia was threatened with loss of accreditation for next school year if it did not clean up its act. The problems have been more board related than … Continue reading →

Ideas on Evaluating High Schoolers

I am quite a few years away from having to worry about this and yet, somehow time has actually grown faster over the last several years and so I’m sure high school will be here before I know it. But someone recently asked me how to keep track and give your high schoolers credits for the courses they study. Here are a few suggestions that might help point the way. Why do You Need High School Credits The first step, in my opinion, to determining how to keep track of high school credits is to determine why you need to … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review June 25, 2007 – June 30, 2007

Last week on the Families.com Homeschooling Blog, the main topic of conversation was homeschool “schools” and the emergence of Hybrid Homeschooling. We also discussed whether or not parents are qualified to teach their own kids, thanks to yet another homeschool mom grilling. Will people ever stop putting homeschoolers in a position to defend themselves? Here is the Homeschooling week in review June 25, 2007 – June 30, 2007. 25 Jun 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review June 16, 2007 – June 23, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt Last week on the families.com homeschooling blog, I finished my compilation of books homeschooling parents … Continue reading →

Reasons to Avoid an Accredited Homeschool Diploma

In my post, Is Accreditation Necessary, I wrote about the current debate of accreditation in the homeschool community. Next, I wrote reasons to consider an accredited homeschool diploma. Now I will discuss reasons you may want to avoid an accredited diploma. Accreditation is too restrictive: Accreditation can cause homeschooling to be too restrictive. A student may give up taking classes in his or her interests to take a health class in order to fulfill requirements for accreditation. Meanwhile, a portfolio could show that the child already had fulfilled his or her requirements through science, class and physical education activities. By … Continue reading →