This guide will help you through every step of the homeschooling process, from making the initial choice to choosing a curriculum to launching your children successfully into college and beyond. Discover what has worked and what hasn't for other homeschooling families while you learn how to develop your own individual style. Allow your family to grow closer, learn how to deal with those who don't understand your choices, and find fulfillment in your role as the primary educator without losing yourself in the process.

Honorable Mention, Sex & Gender Section Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association The surprising reasons parents are opting out of the public school system and homeschooling their kids Homeschooling has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States: in 2019, a record-breaking 2.5 million children were being homeschooled. In The Homeschool Choice, Kate Henley Averett provides insight into this fascinating phenomenon, exploring the perspectives of parents who have chosen to homeschool their children. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Averett examines the reasons why these parents choose to homeschool, from those who disagree with sex education and LGBT content in schools, to others who want to protect their children’s sexual and gender identities. With eye-opening detail, she shows us how homeschooling is a trend being chosen by an increasingly diverse subset of American families, at times in order to empower—or constrain—children’s gender and sexuality. Ultimately, Averett explores how homeschooling, as a growing practice, has changed the roles that families, schools, and the state play in children’s lives. As teachers, parents, and policymakers debate the future of public education, The Homeschool Choice sheds light on the ongoing struggle over school choice.

In this Book, we will discuss homeschooling in detail. If you are homeschooling your child, what difficulties will come? Which board will give consent to your homeschooling kid? What will be the future of your kid? Which company will give job to an unschooled kid? We have tried to capture all such problems and tried to find out the solution of these. Content 1. Phone Call from School Principal ………………………..… (8) a. Meet with Dr Shekhar and knew about Homeschooling 2. 1st Meet with Homeschooling Parents …………………... (11) a. How to develop Critical thinking in your child? 3. 2nd Meetup with Homeschooling Parents ……………... (15) a. Unschooled kids... Are they not Social? b. What about Syllabus? When to stop & how much to educate? c. Will an Indian Organization offer job to homeschoolers? 4. 3rd Meeting in Cafeteria ………………………………………. (21) a. Flexible learning or Structured Learning? b. Which Board will give consent to Homeschoolers? c. 10 Questions before one should start homeschooling 5. 4th Meeting in Cafeteria (With White Board & Marker). (33) a. NIOS or IGCSE, which one is easier? b. A Quick Recap of discussed so far c. Why Homeschooling means Learning Differently? d. Is Structured Leaning important to unschooled kid? e. Hybrid Schooling... Is this like Homeschooling? f. 5 Learning disabilities which differ kid's grasping power: § Dyslexia § Dyscalculia § Dysgraphia § ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) § Processing Deficits g. How to develop empathy in a homeschooling kid? 6. 5th Meetup …………………………………………………………… (53) a. How to develop social skills in homeschooled child? b. Limitations with School time table. c. When is the Good time for study? d. Which curriculum board supports homeschooling? e. Does Homeschooling has any future in India? f. Legalities of homeschooling in India g. Approach & Routine with homeschooling kid. h. How Homeschooling is growing in India? 7. 6th Meetup ……………………………………………………………. (65) a. Is homeschooling an option for differently abled kids only? b. Bright Examples of Homeschoolers c. Case Studies of Homeschooling kids. d. Online Resources for homeschooling parents. e. 8 Step Procedure by a US Homeschooling Parent 8. 7th Meetup under the shed of Neem Tree …………………. (72) a. Which Board is allowing Homeschooling & Eligibility Criteria? b. Homeschooling vs Unschooling c. 3 Concerns for a homeschooling kid d. Conclusion & A new start of the era 9. References ……………………………………......……………………… (75)

Think homeschooling is only for a handful of eccentrics on either end of the political spectrum? Think again. Today in America, two million primary- and secondary-school students are homeschooled. Growing at a rate of 10 percent annually, homeschooling represents the most dramatic change in American education since the invention of the mimeograph—and the story has only just begun. In The Year of Learning Dangerously, popular blogger, author, and former child actor Quinn Cummings recounts her family’s decision to wade into the unfamiliar waters of homeschooling—despite a chronic lack of discipline, some major gaps in academic knowledge, and a serious case of math aversion. (That description refers to Quinn.) Trying out the latest trends, attending key conferences (incognito, of course), and recounting the highlights and lowlights along the way, Quinn takes her daughter’s education into her own hands, for better and for worse. Part memoir, part social commentary, and part how-not-to guide, The Year of Learning Dangerously will make you laugh and make you think. And it may or may not have a quiz at the end. OK, there isn’t a quiz. Probably.

In 2021, the United States Census Bureau reported that in 2020, during the rise of the global health pandemic COVID-19, homeschooling among Black families increased five-fold. However, Black families had begun choosing to homeschool even before COVID-19 led to school closures and disrupted traditional school spaces. Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture offers an insightful look at the growing practice of homeschooling by Black families through this timely collection of articles by education practitioners, researchers, homeschooling parents and homeschooled children. Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture honestly presents how systemic racism and other factors influence the decision of Black families to homeschool. In addition, the book chapters illustrate in different ways how self-determination manifests within the homeschooling practice. Researchers Khadijah Ali-Coleman and Cheryl Fields-Smith have edited a compilation of work that explores the varied experiences of parents homeschooling Black children before, during and after COVID-19. From veteran homeschooling parents sharing their practice to researchers reporting their data collected pre-COVID, this anthology of work presents an overview that gives substantive insight into what the practice of homeschooling looks like for many Black families in the United States.

This book examines strengths-based approaches to understanding and celebrating diverse populations. It centers on understanding the ways in which minoritized group identities and membership in such communities can serve as sources of strength. The volume explores the varied dimensions of minoritized identities and challenges traditional concepts of what it means to be resilient. It presents research-based and innovative strategies to understand more thoroughly the role of resilience and strengths in diverse populations and families. The book addresses the need to consider affirmative, liberation, and strengths-based models of resilience. Key areas of coverage include: Families of transgender and gender diverse people. The role of chosen family in LGBTQ communities. Latinx LGBTQ families. The Indian Child Welfare Act. Celebration of Black girl voices. Homeschooling as a resilience factor for Black families. Black identity and resilience related to mental health. Black resilience in families. Identity as Resilience in Minoritized Communities is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and related professionals in developmental psychology, family studies, clinical child and school psychology, cultural psychology, social work, and public health as well as education policy and politics, behavioral health, psychiatry, and all related disciplines.

This companion publication to the OECD’s flagship compendium of education statistics, Education at a Glance. provides easily accessible data on key topics in education today, including: educational achievement and student numbers, benefits of education, spending on education, and class size.

For four decades, the number of conservative parents who homeschool their children has risen. But unlike others who teach at home, conservative homeschool families and organizations have amassed an army of living-room educators ready to defend their right to instruct their children as they wish, free from government intrusion. Through intensive but often hidden organizing, homeschoolers have struck fear into state legislators, laying the foundations for Republican electoral success. In Homeschooling the Right, the political scientist Heath Brown provides a novel analysis of the homeschooling movement and its central role in conservative efforts to shrink the public sector. He traces the aftereffects of the passage of state homeschool policies in the 1980s and the results of ongoing conservative education activism on the broader political landscape, including the campaigns of George W. Bush and the rise of the Tea Party. Brown finds that by opting out of public education services in favor of at-home provision, homeschoolers have furthered conservative goals of reducing the size and influence of government. He applies the theory of policy feedback—how public-policy choices determine subsequent politics—to demonstrate the effects of educational activism for other conservative goals such as gun rights, which are similarly framed as matters of liberty and freedom. Drawing on decades of county data, dozens of original interviews, and original archives of formal and informal homeschool organizations, this book is a groundbreaking investigation of the politics of the conservative homeschooling movement.

One of the most trusted homeschool voices today explains why and how the Bible should be the center of classroom learning and provides teaching helps for parents.

Today more than a million students are being educated at home; and that figure increases at a rate of 7-14% annually. Homeschooling is a growing trend in our society, and public librarians are being called upon with increasing frequency to serve the needs of homeschooled students. So, just what are the needs of the homeschooled teen, and how can you and your library meet those needs? A former young adult librarian and a homeschool parent have joined forces to create this insightful guide and answer that question. After reviewing the developmental and social needs of teens, the authors demonstrate how those needs may be met in the public library setting. You'll find a wealth of ideas for adapting every facet of your library service for this growing population—from developing a homeschool collection to expanding services and creating special programs. You'll also find suggestions on how to market what your library has to offer to homeschoolers. You may even discover some new ways to employ the talents and time of these students and their families. Extensive resource lists conclude the volume, they will help you better serve home-educated teens and their parents.