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Voice of America Feature on Homeschooling
By Linda Dobson The article titled "Education Begins at Home in Many U.S. Households: Homeschooling has broadened to include parents of all faiths" by Ted Landphair contains this caption under one of the historic Library of Congress photos used to illustrate the article: "The idea that one parent, or even both, make the best teachers, [...]
Waiting for Superman
Parents at the Helm: You may want to see the movie, Waiting for Superman, when it comes to a theater near you. In the meantime, you can learn more about the film in a lengthy New York magazine article by John Heilemann titled "Schools: The Disaster Movie." The lead comment: A debate has been raging over why our education system is failing. [...]
Parent at the Helm’s September Book Giveaway: College Without High School
Parent at the Helm’s SEPTEMBER BOOK GIVEAWAY College Without High School A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College By Blake Boles One of the most wonderful aspects of getting to speak at conferences across the country is the opportunity to meet terrific people. I was fortunate enough to meet [...]
Book Giveaway Winner and Homeschooling on Cafe Mom!
Parent at the Helm August Book Giveaway Has a Winner! Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything By Laura Grace Weldon That's right, Parents at the Helm...we have yet another winner in our terrific book giveaways! After much interest in Laura's terrific book, one of the registrants doesn't have to buy it. And that person [...]
Parents, DO NOT Share Your Child’s Social Security with School
By Linda Dobson Straight from the Portland Press Herald (ME) comes the news that the state's schools are to collect students Social Security numbers and submit them to state officials, ostensibly to "track schools effectiveness." Excuse me? They need to make kids Social Security numbers conveniently vulnerable to hackers keen on identity [...]
