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Reviewed by Kelly Benedict
Happy New Year everyone!!! Have you started off with a
blessed 2006?
We begin with the preface of this book, which states that,
“Everyone cares about what others think. About what
they know. About what they believe. And about what they
do. Because it deals with these with these things, homeschooling
has clearly caught the imagination and attention of citizens
in many nations.”
“Whether it’s called homeschooling, home education,
home schooling, home-based education, or home-centered learning,
this age-old practice is experiencing a rebirth around the
world. Professionals and skilled workers, those of European,
African, and Asian descent, and families who focus on religious
belief and those who do not, are all considering the benefits
and the challenges of homeschooling.”
The statistics show that in the 2001 – 2002 school
year alone that there was an estimated 1.6 and 2.0 million
students were being homeschooled in the U.S.! Can you imagine?
For those of us who have been homeschooling since 1993,
or even before, surely remember what it was like to have
to school in a time when our kids were educated “underground,”
so-to-speak, and when our choices of curriculum were few
and far between. Bob Jones and Abeka Catalogs were two of
our “biggest” catalogs to choose from. We were
thrilled to have a catalog that had 100 pages of books to
choose from. Now we have “huge” catalogs like
Rainbow Resource Center’s Catalog that has well over
1000 pages of curriculum to choose from!
“Parents who are considering the benefits of homeschooling
will find discussion and information in this book to help
them make that decision. But there are many other categories
of individuals will also benefit from this work. Curious
journalists and other media persons, policymakers, legislators,
professional educators, and doubtful grandparents can use
it to understand homeschoolers and the homeschool movement.”
This book is one packed full book of information!!! It
is small in size, as it is meant to be a quick reference,
but contains over 200 pages of information, profiles of
well known people such as John Taylor Gatto, John Holt,
Gregg Harris, “Little Bear” (Richard Wheeler),
Sue Welch (from The Teaching Home Magazine), and many, many
families across the world, and their experiences.
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the members of the Home Educators Network. HEN does not
endorse the viewpoints nor recommend the products represented
by any of the links from this site. These links are offered
as points which are of interest and use to many homeschoolers.
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or written, is intended as legal advice and should not take
the place of legal counsel from a qualified, informed attorney. |
