Love in a Time of Homeschooling

Education

Should Homeschooling Parents Have College Degrees? Round Two.

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on July 28, 2010

 Homeschooling parents range from professors to high school dropouts, and they like it that way.

Education

Should Homeschooling Parents Have College Degrees?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on July 21, 2010

 Some states don't mandate any educational qualifications for homeschooling parents.  Is that OK?

Depression

Teaching to the Test: Who Isn't These Days?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on May 28, 2010

 When standardized testing reigns supreme, who can avoid teaching to the test?

Education

Standardized Testing: What Happens to History?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on May 21, 2010

 History used to be about stories. Now it's all about tests.

Education

Standardized Testing and the Flight to Homeschooling

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on May 14, 2010

 Our public schools are facing a test-prep overdose that cries out for a parent-driven intervention.

Bullying

Homeschooling to Escape Bullies: What's Wrong with That?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on May 3, 2010

 Is short-term homeschooling a bad response to bullying?

Guilt

Homeschool Guilt: When A Child Returns to Public School

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on April 9, 2010

 One parent's reasons for sending her daughter back to the public schools.

Bullying

Mean Girls and Homeschooling Moms

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on March 31, 2010

What should you do when your daughter is targeted by a pack of Mean Girls? One Mom's solution. 

Bullying

Bullying: A Reason to Homeschool?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on March 24, 2010

Your child is being bullied. Should you homeschool for a little while?

Education

Short-term Homeschooling: Why Bother?

Laura Brodie Ph.D. on March 17, 2010

 Homeschooling is on the rise nationwide, tempting more families to try it as a short-term fix for school troubles. But can one year of homeschooling make a difference?