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  • Homeschool Slow-Down? Not So Fast

    Homeschool Slow-Down? Not So Fast0

    The Washington Post reported last week that after years of rapid growth, homeschooling rates seem to be leveling off.  Between 1999 and 2012, the homeschooling population surged from 1.7 percent of the overall K-12 school-age population, to 3.4 percent—or approximately two million homeschoolers. Updated homeschooling data from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) indicate that

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  • Homeschool Mom Receives Visit from the State Over Field Trip

    Homeschool Mom Receives Visit from the State Over Field Trip0

    The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 was met with a variety of responses by schools across the country. Some announced they would close for the day for fear that the children under their care would accidentally look at the sun and encounter eye damage. Others remained open out of fear that children would not be

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  • Homeschool Kid Becomes Youngest in Canadian Parliament

    Homeschool Kid Becomes Youngest in Canadian Parliament0

    The last few weeks have found us fixated on U.S. politics and the ascension of Donald Trump to the office of president. But in all this hoopla, we missed another surprising election result that occurred just north of the border. According to last week’s Toronto Star: “Sam Oosterhoff just became one of Ontario’s highest paid

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  • Homeschool Is Unconstitutional? That’s What Brazil’s Supreme Court Ruled.

    Homeschool Is Unconstitutional? That’s What Brazil’s Supreme Court Ruled.0

    The supreme court of Brazil, the Federal Supreme Court (STF), referred to as the “Enlightenment vanguard” by Minister Barroso, recently ruled that the practice of homeschooling is unconstitutional. The trial occurred on September 12, and nine of the ten ministers present for the ruling rejected parents’ right to practice homeschooling. The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 is considered

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  • Homeschool is Booming, New Study Shows

    Homeschool is Booming, New Study Shows0

    A report issued this week by The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based a public policy think tank, sheds light on the rapid growth and diversity of the U.S. homeschooling population. Co-authored by William Heuer and William Donovan, the comprehensive white paper explains that despite a paucity of support from government officials–and outright opposition by the nation’s

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  • Homeschool Grads: More Unique and Innovative?

    Homeschool Grads: More Unique and Innovative?0

    Like many news outlets at this time of year, The Boston Globe recently profiled several young high school students preparing for the pomp and circumstance of graduation. But The Globe took a different angle than normal and stepped inside the world of a homeschool graduation ceremony: “‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played softly from computer speakers hooked

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