14+ hour, 56+ min ago  (627+ words) Co-hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan of the far-left “I’ve Had It” podcast condemned homeschooling as “weird as f—” and the “worst” idea during their show on Tuesday. Their comments were in response to a caller to the show complaining…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (543+ words) Look, Ma, no hands! Three boys turned a Waymo ride into a wind-in-their-hair joyride late Friday afternoon in Santa Monica. Local resident Rojia Shahsavani, who was out around 6 p.m. tackling errands, said she witnessed three pre-teen to teen boys taking selfies…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (479+ words) Before our son was born, my husband and I were confident about one thing: we did not want him to go the traditional school route. We both had strong feelings about the structure we remembered from our own childhoods — long…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (457+ words) Re “The Ominous Isolation of the Home-Schooled Child,” by Stefan Merrill Block (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 21): As a 16-year-old lifelong home-schooler, I can confirm that Mr. Block includes accurate depictions of home-schooling gone wrong, but these examples should not be…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (726+ words) In 2019, my 5-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter were excited to start their first year of public school. But like millions of students in March of 2020, they never got to finish the school year. The COVID pandemic closed the classrooms, forcing…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (911+ words) By my third year of home-schooling — in 1994, when I was 12 — Mom’s project of turning me back into an infant was nearly complete. Ever since she’d pulled me out of school, she had been applying lighteners and hydrogen peroxide to restore…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (729+ words) This story is based on a conversation with Tara Vanderveer, 42, a remote teacher currently living in Antigua Guatemala. It has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve taught at colleges and universities, including a nursing faculty, for most of my…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (993+ words) Marcus: Homeschooling’s not that taboo anymore. Our decision to take up homeschooling was more internal between us than external. We follow Jefferson Bethke, an author and prominent voice in Christian media, who wrote several books on family and marriage, which…...