Home Schooling News

Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine 's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of - and Progressive attacks on - home-schooling. What she found was, despite a history of proven great accomplishment in the home-education movement, the Left continues to wage war on home-schoolers. And these attacks aren't ... (more)

In a meeting room, teens, teachers and parents huddle in small clusters around a long U-shaped table.

The recent Athens Banner-Herald story headlined "A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler" prompts me to call for those who wish to improve education in our public schools to take heed of the concepts emphasized in that story.

A state economic advisory board estimated how many students would take advantage of tax deductions in state Sen.

Republican Rep. Ron Jorgenson of Sioux City says Iowa legislators have a tentative education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.

With the cost of higher education skyrocketing, student loan debt growing, and youth unemployment persistently high, a former United States Secretary of Education asks "Is College Worth It?" In Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education, William J.

When I decided to home-school my son, I knew it would have tremendous benefits and immeasurable impact on the person he would become.

A key legislative leader on education reform is "very optimistic" a conference committee working out differences between lawmakers and the governor will reach consensus today.

Dr Goiria has produced a thesis in which she analyses the juridical situation of home schooling, a social reality that lacks legal regulation in the Spanish State.

Two weeks after the legislative session initially was to conclude, legislators reconvened this week in the hopes of reaching an agreement on a few key issues.

Marcella's Kitchen will be receiving $5,000 in its coffers thanks to an award from the Lead to Feed Program, and the efforts of a home-school chapter of the Future Business leaders of America.

Graduation rates from high schools all across the state of Indiana rose some 2 percentage points topping off at 88.6 percent for the 2011-2012 school year.

Uwe Romeike works with Lydia, Josua and Christian during their home schooling session in the dining room of their home in Morristown, Tenn., on April 2, 2009.

The Holy Angels Board of Trustees and The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart said that despite the "considerable effort and enthusiasm" to try and find a solution, the all-girls private school will be closing at the end of the year as announced two weeks ago.

President Obama is suffering the not untypical reality of Second Term blues, or blahs.

A growing interest in home-schooling has kept an annual event offered by the Onslow County Public Library a popular one.

Bowing to public uproar and opposition from civic groups and critics of a policy to close small-sized government schools, the Education Ministry has agreed to set up a joint committee, which would include representatives from civic organisations, to look into the issue.

A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.

Amy Wilson says she didn't choose home schooling; her son did. "My son chose home schooling when he was about 3. I didn't realize that's what was happening at the time.

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at... The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's ... (more)