It was September 1987, and my daughter, my wife, and I opened up a box of kindergarten materials from the Calvert School and so began our homeschooling adventure. For the next 26 years, we were a homeschooling family. After the first couple of years, we abandoned a full-curriculum approach and selected our own materials for…
A Long Look Back at My Homeschooling Journey: Overcoming Obstacles and Cultivating Patience
Teaching Virtue
When our daughter turned 4, my husband and I began to think about our choices for her education. At that time, I was part of a small mother’s co-op in the San Francisco Bay Area with women who were friends and shared my values. It was a safe environment in which we were free to…
A Rise in Roadschooling
When Margie Hamel Lundy and her husband Allen Lundy decided to road school their three children in 2010, they didn’t ask school authorities in Ohio for permission. “We didn’t offer up that information either when we left,” Mrs. Lundy said in an interview. “We were already working from home and were homeschooling our kids.” So,…
As Homeschool and Remote Schooling Increases, Parents Share Some Common Challenges
When Dr. Dene Schulze-Alva first started homeschooling her children six years ago, she wasn’t aware of the amount of research it would require to be a successful parent educator. “It’s a huge shift in time because you’re 100 percent dedicated to learning where and what the resources are,” Schulze-Alva said. “That’s the initial challenge.” Once…
Texas ‘Tim Tebow’ Bill Would Allow Homeschoolers in Public School Sports, Activities
A bill has advanced in the Texas state legislature that would allow homeschooled children to participate in sports competitions and other extracurricular activities through the state’s public school system. The Texas House on Thursday approved House Bill 547, which seeks to give homeschooled students equal access to University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities, from sports to…
Attacks on Christian Homeschooling Are No Longer Subtle
Commentary Early in 2020, Elizabeth Bartholet, a professor at the Harvard Law School, became notorious for advocating a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling. The 3 to 4 percent of U.S. parents who chose to educate their children at home would have to prove to educational authorities that “their case is justified,” and if they could not…
Making Family the Hub of Life Again
My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talking ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew He’d say, “I’m gonna be like you, Dad You…
Teaching Children History: Q&A With John De Gree, founder of The Classical Historian
Ensuring our children are given a solid education in history is becoming an ever-pressing issue. I recently asked John De Gree, founder of the history curriculum company, The Classical Historian, about his thoughts on and tips for teaching history. Here’s what he said. The Epoch Times: What inspired you to dedicate yourself to teaching history?…
Freedom of Thought
Commentary The elegant woman with the beautiful 10-year-old looked forlorn. “She’d probably love it, and Lord knows, it’s been … complicated at school since COVID, but we’re too much alike!” She shook her head. We were casually chatting about homeschooling—my favorite topic—outside a restaurant, while waiting dutifully for our take-out orders under a COVID-blamed, unconstitutional…
My Hot Math Mess: Tips for Homeschooling Math
Large, round eyes blankly flitter around the room then squint as a grin spreads across her face. “I don’t know,” she says to the panel of teachers at the Math Bowl in 1989. The young lady made the math team by the skin of her teeth but proved unable to function at all under real…
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