Top Reasons for Homeschooling

Lisa R. Parker

What are the top reasons for homeschooling? Teaching your children yourself, at home, was widely despised just three decades ago, but is now becoming part of mainstream American culture. It is almost becoming fashionable to homeschool nowadays. And homeschoolers are no longer considered the lepers of society. Back in the […]

The Great Home Schooling Debate

Lisa R. Parker

Home schooling has been around for quite some time now. The debate about it’s overall effectiveness has been going on for just as long. Recently however, home schooling has been gaining more and more advocates in support of it. For the longest time, home schooling has been viewed with a […]

Dismal Drop-Out Rates for Detroit Schools

Lisa R. Parker

A 2006 newspaper report and a 2005 Princeton study spell costly problems for the students and residents of Detroit Schools. In 2006 USA Today reported on a study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It said that several of the nation’s largest school districts had less than a […]

Socialization Opportunities For Homeschoolers

Lisa R. Parker

Most homeschoolers get asked the question, “What about Socialization?” If you have been home schooling for any length of time, you can just smile because you know there are plenty of opportunities for socialization. Homeschool children interact with people much more than people think. Here are some opportunities for socialization: […]

Home Schooling and Down Syndrome

Lisa R. Parker

Making the decision to home school any child is difficult – if not daunting – for any parent, and especially those that have children with special needs, such as Down syndrome. Do the benefits of educating a child at home outweigh those of an education within the public sector? How […]

Blinded Rationality

Lisa R. Parker

In the journey of life, individuals often happen to be at a point from where they have to choose a path from among many paths laid before them. Once they choose a particular path, the other paths are automatically closed and never be available to them in their life. The […]