Donate to spiked this Christmas, and help keep us free, fearless and independent. One of the least democratic pieces of schools legislation ever to have been proposed in Britain was finally withdrawn by the government last week. Yet a potentially worse threat to education now remains in the void it […]
Home Schooling
Foster your high schooler’s strengths and skillsets by creating personalized electives based on their interests and future career paths One of the perks of homeschooling your high school students is the freedom to give them a high school experience like no other; you can be creative and design personalized electives […]
Homeschooling has boomed over the past decade. In 2017, 3.3% of the nation’s students or almost 2.3 million students chose homeschooling. Despite appearing trivial, these numbers are a significant rise from the 1980s, when homeschooling found several supporters, paving the way for it to be legalized in 20 states. Parents […]
After lags during the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts in the Flathead Valley reported slight increases in enrollment numbers for the 2022-23 school year, reflecting both population growth in the area and an enthusiastic return to in-person learning. The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) on Dec. 1 released the […]
On a typical school day, you might find Wilkinsburg resident Simone Boone baking bread with her sons, Joshua and Noah. But what seems like a fun activity is a math lesson in progress. “Three one-thirds make a full cup,” she said, pouring flour while teaching her kids fractions. Boone is […]
Dec. 9—A group of Christian home-schooled students from Allegheny, Beaver and Butler counties recently placed in a regional robotics competition held in Colorado. The students are members of FINS — Family Instructors of the Northern Suburbs (of Pittsburgh) — a home-school group. The students, in grades 6-11, demonstrated their STEM […]
LAUREL — Multiple Laurel parents say they are currently— or planning on— homeschooling their children following claims of bullying in Laurel schools. The parents voiced their concerns on a social media post in a private Laurel resident group after a concerned mother posted asking for advice on dealing with bullying […]
A new survey shows that after schools arbitrarily shut down for several consecutive months, parents of all political backgrounds continue to take on the rigors and responsibilities of homeschooling long after schools have reopened. Educators in both public and private schools should be asking why this is. Why would parents […]
West Bend, WI – While homeschooling veterans in the community may have an abundance of experience to share, a local family has taken its first steps into home education and found it to be a perfect fit. Katrina Sickler of West Bend and her husband, Jason, of West Bend, WI, […]
click to enlarge Photo: Madeline Fening Riverview East Academy is the latest Ohio school to go on lockdown for threats of gun violence. Police found no weapons at the school, but said the students involved have been identified. Riverview East Academy was placed on lockdown Dec. 1 after a gun […]
Boise resident Shannon Orr and her three children are exactly the type of people the Idaho Legislature intended to help through the Empowering Parents Grant Program. She has been homeschooling her children for nearly three years, her family’s income is below $60,000 and she needed more educational materials for her […]
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement. A new bill to expand the state’s private school voucher program has been filed in the twilight of the 134th General Assembly. Senate Bill 368, brought by state Sen. Sandra O’Brien, […]
