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mark wrote a new post, Sept-Oct Q & A: Photographing Kids, on the site Home...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – Sept-Oct, 2011 Photographing Kids My friend has a very popular homeschool blog. Several times she has written posts about activities that involved my children and...
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mark wrote a new post, Sept-Oct Q & A: Family Criticism, on the site Home...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – Sept-Oct, 2011 Family Criticism We’re moving back home due to unemployment problems. We’ll be living in a duplex with my parents right next door. I’m grateful for their...
View Articlemark wrote a new blog post: New Filing: September 9, 2011
RESPONSE to Motion re 44 First MOTION for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint , Proposed Order, and Certificate of Service filed by HELEN HEGENER. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A-D)(LAWS, ROCHELLE)...
View Articlemark wrote a new blog post: New Filing: September 9, 2011
RESPONSE to Motion re 44 First MOTION for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint , Proposed Order, and Certificate of Service filed by HELEN HEGENER. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A-D)(LAWS, ROCHELLE)...
View Articlemark wrote a new post, New Filing: October 4, 2011, on the site Learning By...
RESPONSE in Support re 50 MOTION to Compel Discovery from Plaintiffs Mimi Rothschild, Howard Mandel, and Learning By Grace filed by HELEN HEGENER. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibits A-E)(CAMPBELL,...
View Articlemark wrote a new post, bullying, on the site Home Education Magazine
test post for bullying
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mark wrote a new post, Nurturing Your Budding Writer - Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko,...
Beatrice Ekwa Ekok, a mother of three budding writers shares tips on supporting and nurturing the young writer in your care in HEM’s September-October 2011 issue. Nurturing Your Budding Writer –...
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mark wrote a new post, Home Library - Picture Books, on the site Home...
In her fourth article in a series for Home Education Magazine about building a home library, Lisa Hartman recommends specific picture books that will enrich your family’s reading life. Building Your...
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mark wrote a new post, September-October Table of Contents, on the site Home...
!– start left imagebar – September-October/11 !–start issue images– Nurturing Your Budding Writer An Unschooled View On Bullying Parenting a […]
View Articlemark wrote a new post, September-October 2011 John Holt, on the site Home...
John Holt had an insight into children not only children and learning but also into the impact on social change and freedom htat individual action makes.
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mark wrote a new post, HEM Archives, on the site Home Education Magazine
Since 1996 Home Education Magazine has been sharing the best homeschool writing available online, as our widely respected writers and columnists have offered helpful views and their own first-hand […]
View Articlemark wrote a new post, Nov-Dec Q & A: Late Reader, on the site Home Education...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – November-December 2011 Late Reader We’re relaxed homeschoolers but I can’t relax about my son’s inability to read. He’s going to be 10 this winter. Yes, I’ve read to him...
View Articlemark wrote a new post, Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine, on the site...
At the risk of more chiding because I find encouraging words from a teacher – who may belong to a union – I am suggesting you read Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine, A Teacher’s First...
View Articlemark wrote a new post, Stereotype Buster, on the site News & Commentary
Stereotypes are easier to find than people looking for balance and understanding. From Misty Krasawski’s article, 1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms: And if I give all my possessions to feed the...
View Articlemark wrote a new post, Uplifting the Discourse, on the site News & Commentary
A piece by “future homeschooler”, Michelle Garris, on the Prattsville Progress’ website wins the week’s award for her attempt to uplift the discourse: Stop blaming others and start doing something I’ve...
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mark wrote a new post, Looking Forward, on the site HEM Editor’s Blog
I could never imagine the future without an understanding of the past. Home Education Magazine’s recent past is complex and confusing. It will take time before that story can be told. But for our...
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Mark wrote a new post, Write For Home Education Magazine, on the site HEM...
We are always seeking stories and articles from unschool and homeschooling families! We welcome a diverse range of people, families and experiences. We will pay you or you for each article/story we...
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Mark wrote a new post, Home Education Magazine - Comeback, on the site...
After more than 28 years as co-founder, publisher and managing editor of Home Education Magazine, a home education family magazine, , Helen Hegener is stepping back from her position. HEM will continue...
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Mark wrote a new post, Socialization for Special Needs Child, on the site...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – July-August 2011 Socialization for Special Needs Child I am heartsick. We’ve effectively been banned from the large homeschool activity group we belong to. They’ve...
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Mark wrote a new post, read this: Why Dads Leave by Meryn G. Callander, on...
The generations-long effects of traditional Western parenting have been devastating to the health and wellbeing of us all, beginning from conception and birthing through infancy and childhood. Such...
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Mark wrote a new post, Homeschooling While Unemployed? - Q&A July-August...
HEM’s Questions & Answers for the July-August, 2010 issue: Should We Homeschool While Unemployed? Should we keep on homeschooling? My husband has been out of work for almost five months and I’m...
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Mark wrote a new post, Won't Work On Her Own? - Q&A July-August 2010, on the...
HEM’s Questions & Answers for the July-August, 2010 issue: How Do I Handle a Child Who Won’t Work On Her Own? My older daughter [now in college] was easy to homeschool because she was independent...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Little Progress on Reading NAEP, on the site News &...
Education Week has an article on the NAEP report on reading for grades 4 and 8: Little Progress Seen in Student Results on Reading NAEP – Catherine Gewertz “What NAEP shows us over the past two decades...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Testing Achievement, on the site News & Commentary
Deborah Meier, writing on Education Week’s blog, Bridging Differences takes a bigger look at testing from a teacher’s perspective, with school reform on her mind. But the assessment of testing is worth...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Homeschool Identity, on the site News & Commentary
In a poorly spelled article (See: What’s in a Name HEM May-June 2010 ) on the Wenatchee World’s site (WA) the concern with blurring the lines between homeschooling and public schooling-at-home comes...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Homeschoolers and the "Values Voters" coalition, on...
We first witnessed this dynamic in homeschooling back in the 80′s. Now we see a self identified ‘Christian conservationist’, Liza Field, write about the politics of coalition building. Field shows how...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Core Standards for Young Children, Ctd., on the site...
The discussion about Common Core Standards continues. From an EdWeek piece titled, Both Value and Harm Seen in K-3 Common Standards : The common academic standards proposed for state adoption outline...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Being With Your Kids, on the site News & Commentary
In a piece titled, Surprisingly, Family Time Has Grown , Tara Parker-Pope writes: Working parents perpetually agonize that they don’t see enough of their children. But a surprising new study finds that...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Home Education Licensing Scheme Thrown Out, on the...
Good news from the UK via Education Otherwise : Press Release Thursday 8th April 2010 HOME EDUCATION LICENSING SCHEME THROWN OUT IN LAST MINUTE WASH-UP Home educators today feel a huge sense of relief...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Shifts in Testing, on the site News & Commentary
Education Week continues to follow reform. In a piece on the competition to develop new testing systems we learn: Competition opened yesterday for $350 million in federal money to design new ways of...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Unschooling Redux, on the site News & Commentary
Wow, unschooling hasn’t gotten this much attention – maybe ever. After over 30 years, thousands and thousands of families from almost every walk of life and across multiple generations, I do not see...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Testing, Assessments and Reform, on the site News &...
The effort to develop a new assessment system is the subject of a commentary by Robert Rothman: A Seamless System of Assessments Is testing a waste of time? Teachers seem to think so. In a 2006 survey,...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Home is where your story begins, on the site News &...
From WNET’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly comes a story of homeschooling: Muslim Home Schooling FAW : Muslim parents say home schooling can provide a better learning experience because the work can be...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Safety Net or Noose?, on the site News & Commentary
Education Week has a piece that begs to be reprinted in full because there is just too much to think about. Needs of ‘Whole Child’ May Factor in ESEA Renewal Wide Range of Supports, Services, and...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Homeschooling is just right, on the site News &...
An article on the Tampa Bay Online’s sports section offers a look at an exceptional athlete: No matter where Max del Monte attended school, Chamberlain High track coach Bill Strack is fairly certain...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Another Homeschooler Profile, on the site News &...
This profile, on the central Shenandoah Valley’s The News Leader site, interestingly offers a mention of evolution: Homeschooler gets well-rounded education His parents, Pam and the Rev. Steve Traylor...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Are You Happy Yet?, on the site News & Commentary
Headlines do grab the eye and this one was no exception: The Trouble with Motherhood by Christine Carter, PhD Since my book Raising Happiness was published, I’ve met so many unhappy mothers I’ve come...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Pippi Longstockingesque Curriculum, on the site News &...
This great headline is brought to you via Zev Singer of the The Ottawa Citizen and was found in a story about 19 year old Emily Witts. In a nut shell: From ‘unschool’ to head of the class When Emily...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Texas Push-outs, on the site News & Commentary
Push-outs are a serious issue for homeschooling, but school officials being caught so blatantly cheating on the stats is just such sweet irony: Experts: Home-schooling doesn’t add up across Texas ....
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Mark wrote a new post, An Anxious Daughter - Q&A Sept-Oct, on the site Home...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – September-October 2010 Homeschooling an Anxious Daughter My teenage daughter has problems with anxiety and school was her biggest issue. I’m nervous about keeping up...
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Mark wrote a new post, Friends Overseas? - Q&A Sept-Oct, on the site Home...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – September-October 2010 Homeschooling Friends Overseas? Both of our children are very active in our homeschooling community. In a few months we will be leaving for what...
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Mark wrote a new post, School and Sports, on the site Home Education Magazine
HEM’s Questions & Answers – November-December 2010 In and Out of School Because of Sports “We’re giving in to our son’s appeals to get involved in school sports. He’ll be starting school for the...
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Mark wrote a new post, Balking at Fun Assignments, on the site Home Education...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – November-December 2010 She’s Balking at My Fun Assignments I love planning and organizing the unit studies that have worked so well for our homeschool. But my daughter...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Developmental Disabilities, on the site Home Education...
Questions & Answers for the March-April issue “I have a 4-year-old son with Down Syndrome. His older siblings have never been in school but I’m losing my confidence when I think about home...
View ArticleMark wrote a new post, Post-Homeschooling Decisions, on the site Home...
Questions & Answers for the March-April issue “In a few months the youngest of my three homeschooled children will be heading off for college. I know it makes me sound like a whiner but I am...
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Mark wrote a new post, Peer Pressure from Former Homeschooler - Q&A May-June...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – May-June 2011 Peer Pressure from Former Homeschooler We need serious help dealing with peer pressure. We homeschool largely because our daughter, going on 13, is at the...
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Mark wrote a new post, Child Protective Services - Q&A May-June 2011, on the...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – May-June 2011 Child Protective Services and Educational Neglect I received a call from our county child protective service saying we had been reported as neglecting our...
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Mark wrote a new post, Suited for Unschooling?, on the site Home Education...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – July-August 2011 Suited for Unschooling? My husband and I always planned to unschool when we had kids, but now that I’m a new mother I don’t know if I’m suited for it....
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Mark wrote a new post, Socialization for Special Needs Child, on the site...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – July-August 2011 Socialization for Special Needs Child I am heartsick. We’ve effectively been banned from the large homeschool activity group we belong to. They’ve...
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Mark wrote a new post, Socialization for Special Needs Child, on the site...
HEM’s Questions & Answers – July-August 2011 Socialization for Special Needs Child I am heartsick. We’ve effectively been banned from the large homeschool activity group we belong to. They’ve...
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