Many homeschooled high school students begin taking some, or even all, of their course work through a college in the later years of high school. These classes, then, count toward both high school requirements and as college credits. The earned …
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Are there tax credits for homeschooling?
Do and should parents receive money for homeschooling their children?
How do we re-enroll in school?
Many families made the decision to homeschool their children during the last year due to the pandemic. Now that hope of a return to normalcy is on the horizon with vaccines becoming available, a large percentage of emergency homeschoolers may …
Maryland Homeschooling Contact Information
The following chart has links (current as of May 2020) to the website in each Maryland county where information about homeschooling can be found. The available information varies greatly from county to county. Some merely mention that a particular office …
Electronic Portfolios
The way I have presented my kids’ portfolios has changed a little over the years. I began with a binder, but moved to PowerPoints in the last couple of years. I noticed that the reviewers just copied down exactly what …
Response to “The Risks of Homeschooling”
In the May/June 2020 issue of Harvard Magazine, the article “The Risks of Homeschooling” appeared. While the article makes many of the trite stereotypical assertions that homeschoolers have long dealt with, a larger concern is that Harvard has scheduled an …
How do I show regular, thorough instruction?
A frequent point of contention between homeschoolers and county reviewers is what constitutes regular and thorough instruction, as mandated by COMAR.
Recap of Portfolio Review Fall 2019
Time for my semi-annual recap of my review experience. This was my third time reviewing with my assigned reviewer; let’s call her Dee. It was the first time I was reviewing for both of my children. Last spring, Dee had …
Co-ops, Umbrellas, Tutorials – Oh My!
When starting to research homeschooling, the lingo often gets confusing. Seasoned homeschoolers are so used to the terms that they don’t stop to define them unless asked. So here is the break-down of the terminology used for different groups that …
Recap of Fall 2018 Review
I usually make portfolio reviews a little more interesting by conducting a social experiment involving how I presented myself or what evidence of instruction I provided in the portfolio. However, this time, the school district set the experimental condition by …