Focused search for home educators

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (585+ words) A North Carolina congressman recently introduced legislation to protect homeschoolers from what he feels are discriminatory practices in the college application process. "There's some situations that, due to something in our U.S. code and some poorly worded statements, that some of our homeschool young people find that when they've applied to college that there are extra things that are placed on them, burdens that are placed on them, which we feel really is discriminatory," Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital this week." Harris said homeschool applicants are sometimes required to take the GED to prove graduation equivalency. NEW JERSEY HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES FIGHT BACK AS STATE TRIES TO MANDATE DEI TEACHINGS IN THEIR HOMES" Harris argues that while the Higher Education Act defines an institution of higher education as one that admits students with a high school diploma or its…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (952+ words) In the corner of a bedroom, sits a neatly organized desk with pens, Post-it notes, and an orderly planner beneath a stained-glass lamp. This is where Sophia Moffatt, a homeschooled junior, traded the traditional classroom for a more personal learning environment. Sophia's mom Katrina Moffatt, mother of six, has experienced both homeschooling and private education throughout her children's educational journeys. She and her husband made the decision early on to begin homeschooling after much prayer and reflection. "We wanted me to have more of an influence over the children than a whole bunch of variety of other teachers that we didn't know who they were going to be," Katrina Moffatt said. Across the state of Florida, the number of children enrolled in home education has increased by 46% since 2020. According to the Florida Department of Education, in 2024, there were 155,532 students being…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (952+ words) In the corner of a bedroom, sits a neatly organized desk with pens, Post-it notes, and an orderly planner beneath a stained-glass lamp. This is where Sophia Moffatt, a homeschooled junior, traded the traditional classroom for a more personal learning environment. Sophia's mom Katrina Moffatt, mother of six, has experienced both homeschooling and private education throughout her children's educational journeys. She and her husband made the decision early on to begin homeschooling after much prayer and reflection. "We wanted me to have more of an influence over the children than a whole bunch of variety of other teachers that we didn't know who they were going to be," Katrina Moffatt said. Across the state of Florida, the number of children enrolled in home education has increased by 46% since 2020. According to the Florida Department of Education, in 2024, there were 155,532 students being…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago (335+ words) The answers were really, really encouraging. Parents often assume that their kids will be passionate about school and that college is a given " but the truth is that all kids are different and some just won't flourish in a traditional school environment. In fact, they might even hate every second of it. One worried parent in the Reddit Parenting group wanted to know from other parents what happened to their own kids who never cared about school " did they ever find their way, or were they still adrift? That sounds like a very, very rough place to be with a kid. But a ton of people in the comments had stories of hope to share about their own kids who hated school and didn't perform academically. He added, "I'd say the family never giving up on him is what helped…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1031+ words) NYC mom Kymberly Kent founded a homeschool program in 2017 to help other parents provide a customized, quality education much like the one she gave her eldest daughter, Samantha. "None of the programs we looked at (in 2003) would challenge her, as she was an early reader," Kent said in a recent Newsweek article. Today Kent continues to homeschool her youngest child after successfully graduating Samantha and five other children " all while mentoring "countless students and families" through her program, eXtend Homeschool Tutorial. "They are looking for programs utilizing culturally sensitive and affirming curriculum," she said. "Still other families choose to homeschool based on family values and/or sincerely held personal beliefs that may not necessarily align with what they are experiencing in the public setting. Truly, the reasons for homeschooling are as varied as homeschoolers themselves." As previously reported by The…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago (228+ words) No student should ever face discrimination" (The Daily Signal) "Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., has introduced a bill to ensure homeschoolers aren't discriminated against in college admissions. The HigherEducationAct currently defines an institution of higher education" as one that admits students with a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. However, the law refers to homeschoolers as Students Who Are Not High School Graduates." This has caused some colleges and universities to require homeschoolers to take the GED despite having legally graduated. Harris' bill, called the Home School Graduation Recognition Act, replaces the heading Students Who Are Not High School Graduates" with the title Students From Non-Traditional Settings." Harris says this creates a clear, uniform federal definition affirming homeschool graduates as high school graduates. With nearly 3 million homeschooled students across America, it's long past time to end this discrimination and guarantee…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago (319+ words) When most people hear that my siblings and I graduated high school years ahead of normal, scored high on state-standardized tests, and attended top colleges and universities, they generally assume our schooling was extremely strict, long, and arduous. It makes a lot more sense, however, when I encounter examples of the work these students are assigned. It seems obvious that very little, if any, of the time spent in a school is used for actually educating the students. Instead, public schools, and even many private schools, have become glorified daycares to help parents living in a dual-income economy." Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was"forced"to edit a video last week over this issue. He controversially proposed "year-round school" and extended school days so that parents "don't have to pay for childcare." While some Republicans claimed the video was AI-generated,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago (44+ words) Zion Elementary School District 6 schools will reopen Thursday after classes were canceled for three days due to a "cyber security" incident. Zion Elementary School District 6 schools will reopen Thursday after classes were canceled for three days due to a "cyber security" incident....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago (685+ words) Are homeschooled kids weird?~ Written by'Sarah Small Admit it. Somewhere deep in your heart, you've wondered, especially if you've ever heard someone say, "I know a homeschooling family at my church. Those kids are'weird!" Prefer to listen instead? Look for'Episode 86'of the podcast! Weird.'Normal. We all have our own definitions. You might say, "I don't want my kids to be "normal' by today's standards!" And you might also say, "I don't want my kid to be labeled as a weirdo!" But here's the thing: All kids are weird. That's normal. I mean, when I was a kid'in the privacy of my own home'I stuck black olives on all my fingers and ate them off, one by one. That's weird, right? Of course I didn't eat black olives at public school, but if I had, I would not have eaten…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago (238+ words) Rep. Mark Harris (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL'Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., has introduced a bill to ensure homeschoolers aren't discriminated against in college admissions. The Higher Education Act currently defines an "institution of higher education" as one that admits students with a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. However, the law refers to homeschoolers as "Students Who Are Not High School Graduates." This has caused some colleges and universities to require homeschoolers to take the GED despite having legally graduated. Harris' bill, called the Home School Graduation Recognition Act, replaces the heading "Students Who Are Not High School Graduates" with the title "Students From Non-Traditional Settings." Harris says this creates a clear, uniform federal definition affirming homeschool graduates as high school graduates. "With nearly 3 million homeschooled students across America, it's long…...