Yes, of course! Homeschoolers can apply to college just like students from any other type of high school. They need to meet the same admissions requirements as all other applicants and, in some cases, provide additional testing or recommendation letters. …
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What is dual enrollment?
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 …
Debates about Homeschooling: Parents are not expert teachers
Are homeschooled students missing a critical element in their education because their teachers do not hold a teaching credential?
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Can I Hire Someone to Homeschool My Child?
Homeschooling has been on an upswing as the pandemic unearthed issues with schools that have previously gone unnoticed because people never questioned sending their children away from home every day to be taught by other people. Many parents also realized …

Is “homeschool” just “school at home”?
Most of us have a pretty standard picture of what “school” is supposed to look like. Whether you look at a classroom from 1935 in Austria or more recently in the US, you would immediately be able to identify similarities. …
Non-religious homeschool curriculum
First of all, yes, it does exist! I have met people considering homeschooling who thought that only religious curriculum existed. Maybe people don’t know what to type into Google. Curriculum that avoids a religious slant is called “secular curriculum.” Here …
1st Grade Curriculum Choices for 2020-21
This is my 6th year homeschooling, but only the second year that my younger child has been of compulsive school age. I have never homeschooled first grade before because my older child was in public school though 4th grade. MAIN …
Review of Torchlight level K
I used Torchlight level K with my daughter this year for her kindergarten curriculum. We started in about October, because we finished the Pre-K level first, when she was about 5.5 years old. We used Logic of English for a …
Op-Eds
While all of the articles on this page reflect my opinion, the articles linked below are specific responses to homeschooling issues raised in the media. COVID-schooling is not Homeschooling Response to “The Risks of Homeschooling” Response to NPR 1A-How should we …
Response to NPR 1A-How should we regulate homeschooling?
I am writing in response to the NPR 1A podcast episode “How should we regulate homeschooling?” which originally aired on Jan. 2, 2020. The discussion revolved around many of the common issues people have with homeschooling. The host spoke with …
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