August 28, 2008 – 10:34 pm
Last week, Thomas Sowell almost wrote quite an interesting column regarding homeschooling over at Townhall.com. Almost. He starts off going one direction, more the tried and true direction of pointing out the failures of public education by pointing out the success of homeschooling. (All block quotes come from the article.)
When amateurs outperform professionals, there is [...]
August 27, 2008 – 8:09 pm
…but turn on the computer only to find an email that says a three year old boy is missing. And then an update that they pulled his body from a pond.
I don’t know Marsha personally, but I’ve interacted with her online a little and she is a fellow writer over at Heart of the Matter.
It’s [...]
August 25, 2008 – 1:55 am
Join us today at 1PM CST for Home School Talk. I will be interviewing Jube Dankworth of The Homeschooler Next Door. She used to do her own podcast so it was interesting to talk to her awhile before the show.
The show should also be available via iTunes now.
August 24, 2008 – 12:09 am
Startling, I know, but Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, is urging homeschooling parents to plan ahead by calling him.
I’m not for a moment saying that home education is unable to prepare a child for university, or disadvantaging them in any way, far from it. The vast majority of home schooled children that I have [...]
August 22, 2008 – 10:36 pm
No kidding. This is what the Lincoln Journal Star says:
A national retail survey found that parents plan to reduce their back-to-school spending significantly this year. The survey by TNS Retail Forward said parents on average will spend $506 on school-related items this year, compared to $668 last year.
We just finished the last of our school [...]
August 22, 2008 – 12:46 am
The Nebraska Christian Home Educator’s Association just sent out an e-lert regarding Legislative Resolution 369 .
I will include the entire e-lert at the end, but here is the heart of it:
LR 369 was proposed by Senator Schimek “To examine policy changes that should be pursued in order to provide further guidance and oversight of Nebraska [...]
August 21, 2008 – 12:41 am
This whole exploration of my personal educational history started with a satire piece written over at the Winston-Salem Journal by one Mike Koivisto. Who won the Write Scott Hollifield’s Column While He is On Vacation or Performing His Court-Ordered Community Service Contest with his indictment of homeschooling through an overdone stereotype. I began it the [...]
August 19, 2008 – 11:05 pm
According to LifeWay Research, 86% of adults surveyed in April agreed with the statement “Parents have a Constitutional right to homeschool.” While Constitutional rights are obviously not granted by popular opinion, I am happy to see that an ever-increasing number of Americans support the idea of homeschooling, even if many of these same people would [...]
Principled Discovery is a place to stop and discuss news and information related to faith, family and particularly education. Pour yourself a cup of tea and join the conversation! 
