Today we share an article written by Dr. Ben Carson as published in the Washington Examiner. Homeschooling is our country's fastest-growing form of education , according to the Washington Post. An estimated 1.9 million to 2.7 million students are homeschooled nationwide. There are quite a few reasons for the shift away from our public school system. Foremost is the shocking mismanagement of our education system during the COVID-19 pandemic. From stifling mask mandates to the shift to "remote learning," the quality of education fell precipitously on the tails of the pandemic. As a former neurosurgeon who worked on children's brains, I can tell you this for a fact: Children cannot … [Read more...]
Homeroom Teachers: In the homeschooling renaissance, the home is more important than the school.
Today we bring you an interesting article published in the American Conservative on November 2nd written by Charles Carman. The original article can be found at: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/homeroom-teachers/ Here's the high level summary of the article: Since Covid, the number of homeschooling families has nearly doubled, from 3 million to more than 5 million families, and this latest debate will no doubt raise further concerns in the minds of parents. Homeschooling’s true work has been to rescue the home from its modern erasure. The home, after all, is where the most urgent learning takes place: where sons learn from fathers, daughters from mothers, siblings from … [Read more...]
Hoosiers Score Benefits from Private School Choice
This is going to be the first in a series of articles looking at alternative choices to public schools and outcomes. Do students going to private schools or charter schools or who are home schooled do better, worse or the same as their counterparts in public schools? We know that public schools have become more expensive that charter or private or home schools. Locally to highest spend per student in a local public school district is over $21,000/student/year. Private schools are less than 1/2 of that. Without further ado let's take a look at an article originally published in Education Next written by Patrick J. Wolf This week the sporting world turns its attention to Indiana as … [Read more...]
People Are Pulling Their Kids Out of Public Schools
Found this article. Following is the text. If you want see the original click: People Are Pulling Their Kids Out of Public Schools the author is Alex Parker A number of folks are bidding farewell to public education. According to a report by The New York Times, some states are seeing their public school students find other means. The headline says a lot: “U.S. Public School Enrollment Drops as Parents, Frustrated by Lockdown, Pull Their Children Out” Massachusetts, for one, has seen shrinkage to the tune of 37,000 kids — a 4% decrease. North Carolina’s enrollment is down by the same percentage, having begun the school year at a deficit of 5%. In the case of The Baked … [Read more...]
Preparedness tip: Homeschool curriculum ideas
This article is shared from the August 14th edition of Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief. It is a subscription newsletter ($4/month) that you may want to consider. The web address is: https://www.worldaffairsbrief.com/ This was shared by Ron Higgins who ran for State Superintendent of Schools in 2016 and again in 2020. Ron can be reached at: https://www.higgins4spi.com/ Homeschooling resources are now so vast it will make your head spin. Here are some of the resources we have found useful over the years. Choosing curriculum: Cathy Duffy has an excellent website to search curriculum based on many criteria including subject, grade level, type of resource, teaching style, etc. … [Read more...]
Homeschooling during the Covid 19 shutdown – Part 2
In Part 2 we want to explore whether parents are really thinking about leaving the public school system and if so what are their choices? In an article we published on April 21st, 2020, we explored various tools and websites that are available to help: https://swweducation.org?p=6453 Today we expand on the list and explore what parents are reported to be thinking... In a story published at WND.com on may 22, 2020: https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/homeschooling-vast-unplanned-experiment/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-newsletter&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=newsletter they said: Not everyone is viewing school closures as a disaster. For decades, schools have become … [Read more...]
Homeschooling during the Covid shutdown Part 1
We went looking to see if we could find some more homeschooling resources. At this point, in Washington State, school has been out since the end of February with the possibility that schools won't reopen until January of 2021. That's what the "authorities" are saying. Is homeschooling better than public schools? What are the latest resources for parents to take over the education of their children? Read on... In Part 1 we'll focus on articles and studies addressing the question: Is homeschooling as good or better than public schools? Is homeschooling as good or better than public schools? Answer: The Daily Signal says homeschooling is better - Eleven of 14 peer-reviewed studies … [Read more...]
K-12 Education alternatives in times of crisis (updated March 25th)
As we write this article the Governor of Washington State has canceled all K-12 classes/schools effective immediately through April 24th (which means Monday April 27th would be the first day back at school). That's 6 weeks or ~30 school days. Whether one agrees with the decision or not it's a done and we need to deal with the consequences. To that end we will keep this article front-and-center for the duration in a hope that the information shared will be useful. It's clear that neither OSPI's Superintendent of Schools Chris Reykdal nor the Governor nor School Board nor School Districts have any contingency plans for continuing education during times of crisis. Lots of planning and … [Read more...]
Home schooling “20 years later”
I remember one of my colleagues home schooling their children over 30 years ago. It was unusual and almost "fringe". It was a struggle, frowned on by many and decried by those in public education. Materials and support were hard to find. Fast forward to 2020 and the home schooling world has evolved. Today we bring you and article from the HSLDA: https://hslda.org/content/docs/news/2019/20191001-federal-report-homeschooling-doubled-in-last-20-years.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2mc-XjnqMwKvC12vklb_yy_C7XIgv7WJ5meU2gEFzS_tiqG5bAAeabANs that walks through those changes. Give it a read. Federal Report: Homeschooling Doubled in Last 20 Years by Maggie McKneely • October 1, 2019 The first federal … [Read more...]
Is it time for school vouchers in Washington State?
Should parents have a choice where to send their child to K-12 school? Washington State spends (depending on the district) anywhere from slightly over $12,000/year per student to over $19,000/year per student. We have Charter Schools; Private Schools (religious and not); Home Schooling and Public Schools. There is growing use of "on-line" education as well that will likely continue to expand. Technology is driving changes in education...so do we adapt or continue to live in the past and only allow use of taxes to pay for public schools (and limited support for Charter schools)? Bye-the-way: Steve Jobes even supported school vouchers in 1995 - … [Read more...]
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