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I've picked up my activity at my columns at Examiner.com.  Here are some recent articles I wrote: No child left behind reform is fuzzy Should the Jackson family reconsider homeschooling after Paris' suicide attempt Is time spent in class more important than how much is learned? FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE ahermitt.com

Universal school vouchers could be coming to Georgia Education examiner week in review February 1, 2008 What's right with public education: It's available to all Parental Valentine's Day stress and the Sadie Hawkins dance Freaky Friday: Sex change SAT and other odd stories in education Homeschoolers Shouldn't Fret over College by Andrea Hermitt My subscription to the Homescholar Record came to day and it carried great news. Will the mom of the new Octuplets Homeschool? by Andrea Hermitt When I think about the mom who just added 8 children to the six she already has, my only thought is "how is she going to get one on one time with each of them". My next thought was of the Duggar Family. According to Newsvine. South Dakota School Board Wants Homeschoolers Back by Andrea Hermitt According to the HSLDA. the Rapid city School Board in South Dakota wants to recruit homeschoolers in an effort to bring more money into the district. Read more about Rapid City school...

Homeschoolers and Sports Teams Tim Tebow didn't let rules against homeschoolers playing High School football in Oklahoma stop him. Instead, he played football for Nease High School in Jacksonville Florida. This led to winning a Scholarship to Flordia State and also a Heisman Trophy. Is your homeschoolers plate too full? I sat down and counted all of the activities my homeschoolers were in this year and realized that their plates just might be too full. Looking at my son's schedule, I counted Drama club, Chorus, Introduction to Drama Class, Piano Lessons , Music Theory Class, Homeschoolers take back the mall As I walked through the mall today I noticed several things. The first thing I noticed was that there were numerous school age kids in the mall with their parents. The Carnival of Homeschooling puts you in great company If from time to time you feel alone in your homeschooling endeavors, never fear, you are not... not by a longshot. As proof of this, I submit to you the Car...

What about Honors, AP, and IB Programs? As my son works on his high school program, I have been double checking to make sure is on track to be on equal ground with other students who will be apply to college along with him. Since he is college bound, in my mind, he must be able to compete with other college students on their level. A Warning for Hybrid Homeschoolers Some time ago, I explained that the best label for our family in the homeschooling realm is hybrid homeschooling. Hybrid homeschoolers work in the middle ground between school and home. Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Cheating Reports of an increase in students cheating has caught America by surprise. Sixty-four percent of students cheated on a test in the past year and 38 percent did so two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006 survey. Grant and Scholarship Advice for Homeschoolers As the costs of state colleges continue to rise deeming them unaffordable, I am becoming worried about how my homeschoole...

This is a recap of why we began homeschooling written for my National Examiner website. Probably more odd than a homeschooling mom writing about education in general is the fact that I have nothing against public education. In fact, I believe that some children thrive quite well in public schools, and many even excell. Still I have opted to homeschool my children. I have my reasons. If you go back to my First year lost files, you will find a similar recap. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

Education cuts abound The View on Homeschooling Those radical unschoolers Those crazy unschoolers No Teachers, No Homework, No tests, No grades Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

“Some of the largest users of H-1B visas aren't tech firms or major research universities. Rather, these unlikely users are the nation's public school systems.” (Ednews.org) Baltimore had 196 visas issued to teachers for the 2006-2007 school year. New York City had 171. Smaller school districts have a proportionate number of foreign teachers. Read more Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog