Home Schooling News

Long before eight states began rejecting Common Core school reforms, the sweeping new academic standards were considered enemy combatants in Lesley Hodge's Cincinnati-area home.

Manuel Tellado picked up enrollment and financial aid forms at a community meeting last week for Hilda Goodling Impact Academy, a new private school in York to be run by 3Cord Inc. Tellado, 18, used to go to New Hope Academy Charter School, which has been forced to close because its charter wasn't renewed for reasons including academic performance.

Even though there are more resources for parent, sometimes it's easier to learn in an interactive environment and the Maryland Science Center has programs just for kids who learn at home.

Ohio is one of the many states in the U.S. that is scheduled to implement the controversial Common Core requirements next year.

Fincke shares von Trier's explicit, unsentimental vision. In what ostensibly is a coming-of-age story set in the tumultuous 1960s, Fincke tears away the typical wash of sepia-toned nostalgia associated with such novels.

NYU Students and Incubator Entrepreneurs Join NYU Faculty as Instructors and Mentors to Middle and High School Students and Teachers; Professors Open Labs for Real ResearchNew York City Schools Chance... will be the gathering place for the intellectually curious this summer.

Future student Dallin Schmutz looks over things as Spectrum Academy, a charter school for students with high-functioning autism, gives a tour of the construction in Pleasant Grove Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Johannah Willsey's first mosaic was on a trivet forged by her husband. That first creation - which would lead to a full-time family business - was the beginning of a "collaborative process," Willsey said.

This summer my kids have no camps, no lessons, no plans, no pressure. They're chilling at home, exploring our new neighbourhood, hanging with friends.

Registration for all students entering the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools for the first time during the 2014-2015 session will be held at the school the student will attend.

As your mom and dad always say: practice, practice, practice! That's how you get really good at something, and that's exactly what dancer Kaeli Ware has done for most of her 14 years.

Home-schooling mom Jenni White gave some of the loudest cheers when Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation to repeal the Common Core education standards.

They probably were the least-known Americans, unknown to anyone. Mary's parents were dead.

People stopped their work in a Valley coffee shop when Dr. Anthony Smith came to the counter.

Admission to high-IQ Mensa society at 4, college at 7, high school diploma at 10, currently a medical correspondent for the CBS talk show The Doctors and if all goes well a PhD in the near future, Tanishq Abraham is all set for academic glory, reports George Joseph.

Oakwood -- He has the car, a fully-stocked garage, and the wins. He also has one of the sport's best nicknames -- the Smooth Operator.

Beauty queens all over the world may be wishing for it, but a group of Christchurch pupils are actually making world peace happen.

Early reading skill books, books for pleasure reading, games, art supplies, maps, posters, CDs, student workbooks with teacher's guide, teachers' editions-these are just some of the things available at the award-winning Teachers' Treasures Sale to be held Friday, July 25, 9:00-4:00 at St. John's Lutheran Church on North Dearborn Road east of ... (more)

BOUNCING BACK: Angus Slade, 14, who has used his own bullying experiences to create an animated anti-bullying video that has won a Google award.

So, in March, the QPS board had to cut teachers and support staff and now they intend to increase admin?? Makes sense.