Month: April 2014
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
I am the second child, oldest daughter in a family that eventually grew to nine children, with each child spaced about two years apart. My parents read Michael Pearl and Above Rubies. They attended Bill Gothard’s ATIA (Advanced… Read More
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Giselle Palmer
You were homeschooled? And now you’re a public school teacher? I get that question fairly often…and I understand why. Many homeschoolers strongly dislike public schools—some even fear them or consider them evil—how in the world did someone who… Read More
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Lazerus
Imagine your ideal school environment—an educational system set up entirely for your benefit, in all of the ways that you yourself learn best. You get to pick the subject requirements, the requirements for someone to be a teacher,… Read More
Updated on March 22, 2021 by Rachel Coleman
Homeschool advocates often champion studies they claim show that homeschooled students score thirty percentile points above average as proof of the superiority of homeschooling. Unfortunately, these studies have some serious flaws—they do not use random samples and they… Read More
Updated on March 23, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“What about socialization?” The question often brings up unpleasant associations for homeschoolers—being judged for their lifestyle by a teacher or a doctor; a social worker threatening to break up the family. It is such a loaded question that… Read More
Month: April 2014
How I Was Almost Rescued from Abuse
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
I am the second child, oldest daughter in a family that eventually grew to nine children, with each child spaced about two years apart. My parents read Michael Pearl and Above Rubies. They attended Bill Gothard’s ATIA (Advanced… Read More
Category: Blog, Voices for Reform Tags: child abuse, social services
Advice from a Homeschool Grad Turned Public School Teacher
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Giselle Palmer
You were homeschooled? And now you’re a public school teacher? I get that question fairly often…and I understand why. Many homeschoolers strongly dislike public schools—some even fear them or consider them evil—how in the world did someone who… Read More
Category: Blog, Voices for Reform Tags: parents
The Interests of Every Homeschooled Child
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Lazerus
Imagine your ideal school environment—an educational system set up entirely for your benefit, in all of the ways that you yourself learn best. You get to pick the subject requirements, the requirements for someone to be a teacher,… Read More
Category: Blog, Voices for Reform Tags: advocacy, Rachel Lazerus, veil of ignorance
The Alaska Data and Homeschool Academics
Updated on March 22, 2021 by Rachel Coleman
Homeschool advocates often champion studies they claim show that homeschooled students score thirty percentile points above average as proof of the superiority of homeschooling. Unfortunately, these studies have some serious flaws—they do not use random samples and they… Read More
Category: Blog, Research Tags: academics, Alaska, original research, Rachel Coleman
What about Socialization?
Updated on March 23, 2021 by Chelsea McCracken
“What about socialization?” The question often brings up unpleasant associations for homeschoolers—being judged for their lifestyle by a teacher or a doctor; a social worker threatening to break up the family. It is such a loaded question that… Read More
Category: Blog, Research Tags: Chelsea McCracken, socialization