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Universal school vouchers could be coming to Georgia Education examiner week in review February 1, 2008 What's right with public education: It's available to all Parental Valentine's Day stress and the Sadie Hawkins dance Freaky Friday: Sex change SAT and other odd stories in education Homeschoolers Shouldn't Fret over College by Andrea Hermitt My subscription to the Homescholar Record came to day and it carried great news. Will the mom of the new Octuplets Homeschool? by Andrea Hermitt When I think about the mom who just added 8 children to the six she already has, my only thought is "how is she going to get one on one time with each of them". My next thought was of the Duggar Family. According to Newsvine. South Dakota School Board Wants Homeschoolers Back by Andrea Hermitt According to the HSLDA. the Rapid city School Board in South Dakota wants to recruit homeschoolers in an effort to bring more money into the district. Read more about Rapid City school...

Homeschoolers and Sports Teams Tim Tebow didn't let rules against homeschoolers playing High School football in Oklahoma stop him. Instead, he played football for Nease High School in Jacksonville Florida. This led to winning a Scholarship to Flordia State and also a Heisman Trophy. Is your homeschoolers plate too full? I sat down and counted all of the activities my homeschoolers were in this year and realized that their plates just might be too full. Looking at my son's schedule, I counted Drama club, Chorus, Introduction to Drama Class, Piano Lessons , Music Theory Class, Homeschoolers take back the mall As I walked through the mall today I noticed several things. The first thing I noticed was that there were numerous school age kids in the mall with their parents. The Carnival of Homeschooling puts you in great company If from time to time you feel alone in your homeschooling endeavors, never fear, you are not... not by a longshot. As proof of this, I submit to you the Car...

What about Honors, AP, and IB Programs? As my son works on his high school program, I have been double checking to make sure is on track to be on equal ground with other students who will be apply to college along with him. Since he is college bound, in my mind, he must be able to compete with other college students on their level. A Warning for Hybrid Homeschoolers Some time ago, I explained that the best label for our family in the homeschooling realm is hybrid homeschooling. Hybrid homeschoolers work in the middle ground between school and home. Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Cheating Reports of an increase in students cheating has caught America by surprise. Sixty-four percent of students cheated on a test in the past year and 38 percent did so two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006 survey. Grant and Scholarship Advice for Homeschoolers As the costs of state colleges continue to rise deeming them unaffordable, I am becoming worried about how my homeschoole...

Over at families.com blog where I blog about homeschooling, I have been working on listing homeschool resources and groups for each state. This is going to take months. So far I have done California and Alabama Meanwhile, I also wrote: Are You Prepared for an Unexpected Change? Considering the CLEP exams for homeschoolers Homeschool Questions and Answers: Reversing Letters Proposed NJ Homeschool Legislation Homeschool Questions and Answers: Homeschooling a Kindergartener Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

Yeah! It's a new year, I even sent out my intent to homeschool form on time! Here are my recent homeschool articles on families.com Back to Homeschool 2008-2009 by Andrea Hermitt I have spent the better part of the last two days in back-to-homeschool mode. We had a busy and productive summer working on problem areas, and even managed to get in a bit of travel by taking a working vacation for one of my daughters pageant activities. Read more Homeschooling Older Kids by Andrea Hermitt I am becoming acutely aware that homeschooling older kids are a much different animal than homeschooling small kids. Read more Pizza Hut Encourages Reading and Welcomes Homeschoolers Too by Andrea Hermitt Pizza Hut Book It! Program has been ongoing for many years to encourage students to read and has always awarded homeschoolers with pizza and other prizes. Previously when homeschoolers wanted to participate they had to do so through a homeschool group or co-op. Read more An Effort to Court Florida Ho...

Sorry I've been so quiet lately, but I have been preparing for a trip and am currently in Los Angeles California! Here is a picture of my daughter at the back lot of the Tonight show where she got Jay Leno's Autograph. (see the words above her head) Meanwhile here are some recent posts on my Families.com blog. Homeschooling Away From Home Just Because it does not look like Education Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

Beginning Homeschooling Again by Andrea Hermitt Many people are deciding to homeschool this year after taking a hiatus and having homeschooling in the past and then putting their kids in school. They may have homeschooled two years ago. They may have homeschooled six years ago. When to Purchase More Expensive Curriculum by Andrea Hermitt It is time to purchase homeschooling curriculum for the 2008-2009 school year. Homeschoolers everywhere are trying to decide if they are going to continue with the same curriculum maker, if they are going to try something new, and how much they are going to pay. These can be difficult decisions. Guiding Your Homeschooler Through High School and Into College by Andrea Hermitt Yesterday I worked as a local elections officer (I do this several times a year). Besides the 16 hour day dealing with hundreds of people, many who can be quite hostile, one thing that always happens when I work elections is that I end up telling all of my elections coworkers that ...

Whether we as homeschoolers want to admit it or not, we are often very unsupportive of each other. We criticize those who don't homeschool the same way that we do. We think that our way is the only right way. We need to stop. Here is an article I recently wrote about this entitled Why Can't all Homeschoolers Get Along? There's nothing about a group of homeschooling mom's getting together to discuss homeschooling their kids. Often it is a source of encouragement and a much needed time of connection with people who are like minded. Sometimes however, such meetings can get contentious. read more here Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

I spent a bit of time defending homeschooling on my families.com blog. Another blogger on the site decided to spend time giving a teachers opinion, which of course was off the mark as far as a homeschooler like myself is concerned. Some of the articles I wrote are Dealing With Homeschool Inconsistencies by Andrea Hermitt In a past article on the Cons of Homeschooling, I responded to stereotypes that people see as cons of homeschooling and also mentioned some of my own ideas about possible cons of homeschooling. Perceptions of Homeschooling: When others think you are doing a bad job by Andrea Hermitt One of the hardest parts of being a homeschooler is dealing with the criticism that goes along with it. Just reading the occasional article or blog makes it clear that by homeschooling people have the perception that we are doing a bad job with my kids. Perceptions of Homeschooling: The Weird Issue by Andrea Hermitt When I was a teenager, my family (including parents and siblings) used to...

I wrote an article this morning about how people perceive homeschoolers as weird. Frankly, I'm Ok with it. Read the full article here Other recent article I have written for families.com are: Perceptions of Homeschooling: When others think you are doing a bad job Dealing With Homeschool Inconsistencies College Bound Homeschoolers, Check out the College Board Website Invalid Reasons to Homeschool: A Rebuttal to a Public Educators Opinion Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom and more Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

Homeschoolers and the Great Subway Debacle by Andrea Hermitt In the last two weeks, here has been a huge uproar in the homeschooling community. It seems that Subway, the restaurant that serves sandwiches, has snubbed homeschoolers by introducing a writing contest, and adding the stipulation that no homeschoolers were allowed to compete. Why So Many Parents Homeschool "Problem" Children by Andrea Hermitt A teacher of a five year old boy is recorded calling the child "pathetic", "selfish", and "ignorant" and discouraging other kids from being his friend. The teachers union saying that the teacher's rights have been violated. An Entire Georgia County Could Turn to Homeschooling by Andrea Hermitt I recently wrote an article entitled Clayton County GA Parents Should Look into Homeschooling I do not think I really believed that an entire school district might have no other choice than to actually turn to homeschooling. Tennessee Homeschool Graduate...

Reasons I am Glad We Homeschool: Gateway Tests by Andrea Hermitt It was just announced in Georgia, where I live, that 40% of 8th graders have failed the CRCT math test that allows them to move on to high school. (This number varies based on the reports and could be as high as 60% failure rate. Homeschool Resource Review: Spelling City by Andrea Hermitt I spent the morning preparing my daughters spelling lessons for the summer. She is working on spelling this summer because I do not want her using poor spelling as an excuse any longer. She likes to do a half-hearted approach to her spelling and say, "I'm just a poor speller". Middle School Homeschool Basics: Math by Andrea Hermitt Middle school math, i.e. 6th 7th and 8th grade math are generally the same math concepts repeated at a slightly greater difficulty each year. It basically prepares students for algebra. If middle school students do, very well with middle school math they can start Algebra in 8th grade. Homeschool...

Forgive me for not being more active lately, but as you may or may not know, I write for the families.com homeschool blog. Here are some of my recent blogs: Fifth Grade Math Curriculum Fifth grade math curriculum builds upon what was learned in previous years. Your child may already know many of these concepts, but they must be practiced at a higher difficulty level. Here are the math concepts that your fifth grader should learn. Homeschooling making Schools of the Future Possible If you were an elementary school student in the 1970's like I was, then you remember predictions of what it would be like to like in the year 2000. What are your homeschoolers doing this summer? As summer approaches, it is time for my family to switch from out regular homeschool schedule to out summer schedule. I want my children to continue spending time purposely learning every day without burning them out. How to Make Your Homeschoolers Good Citizens Yesterday I addressed the assumption that homeschoo...

This past week on the families.com homeschooling blog, topics included religion, teaching creation, physical education, and sending homeschoolers to summer camp. Here is the Families.com homeschooling week in review for May 19, - May 25, 2007.

Here is the Homeschooling Week in Review April 21- April 27, 2008 This past week on the families.com homeschooling blog, we discussed more curriculums that you can use to homeschool your child, plus several important topics for homeschoolers. ... read more here

We had some changes and a blogging hiatus at families.com, but we are back now. Check out my blog On reasons to quit homeschooling as well as... my homeschool glossary I just finished. In addition, you will want to check out the homeschool curriculum glossary I am working on. It will take a while to list and explain all of the curriculums I have found, but it will surely be worth the wait.

Here is the families.com week in review for Feb 16. enjoy!

Here is a compilation of the blogs of myself and my fellow homeschooling bloggers on families.com: It is February, and this week we are really feeling winter, even in the south. We are introspective, philosophical and cold. One of our favorite collective pastimes this week seems to be curling up with a good book. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review:

It has been a busy house here are the homeschool blog at families.com. Here is what we have been up to: Monday January 22, 2007 We started the week talking about homeschooling for others and hiring homeschoolers with I Want to Homeschool Your Child , I Want You to Homeschool My Child , and Homeschool Tutors must Manage Expectations , by yours truly (Andrea Hermitt). read more at my families.com blog

We saw many changes in the homeschool blog this week. We said see ya' round to Valorie , who is writing for another families.com blog, and hello to a brand new blogger, Karen. Keep an eye out for guest blogs from Valorie. We also spent some time visiting with bloggers from other categories. http://homeschooling.families.com/blog/the-sunday-evening-review-january-21-2007 ... written by Andrea Hermitt More from this Blogger