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Michael Farris Doesn’t Speak for Me

Just opened the New York Times. And I want to go on record: Michael Farris Doesn’t Speak for Me! Michael Farris, in case you didn’t know, is the man behind the Home School Legal Defense Association and...

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Homeschool Review: What’s Just Right

Whew! Got through my homeschool review with the county yesterday. (For those who are curious, here are the Maryland Homeschooling regs.) It was my second since starting homeschooling a year ago. I felt...

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Homeschooling in the DC Spotlight

Locally, homeschooling popped up all over the place this past week. The Washington Post kicked things off with an article on the front page of the Sunday Opinions section no less, followed by a...

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Sorry HSLDA: DC Adopts New Homeschooling Regs

Sorry for being a bit slow with this, but on July 16th the District of Columbia enacted new homeschooling regulations in response to the tragedy earlier in the year involving the deaths of four...

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Maryland Homeschooling Stats

Statistics for the past twelve years on homeschooling “enrollment” by county are available on the Maryland State Department of Education Website. You can get the skinny–in Word doc format–here. Word of...

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So How’s the Homeschooling Going?

Well thanks for asking!  Just fine, thanks. After we made the decision to homeschool, and filed the simple Intention to Homeschool paper, we had to wait 15 days to be “official.”  That’s the law in...

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Field Trip Mondays

It’s been a while since I did a little update on how the homeschooling is going and since I just had my homeschool review (coming post) now would be a great time to do it. When M. started to...

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Homeschool Review: Already?

Homeschool review, already?!  That’s what I thought when I got the letter dated April 15th.  We only officially started homechooling on March 4th.  But no matter.  I called the MCPS field office.  They...

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Truth Out: MCPS Hates Grade Skipping

Well the new school year is certainly shaping up to start with a bang, isn’t it?  Comes a story that could have significant impact not only on the discussion of gifted education in the county, but...

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MoCo Homeschooling Network Now Has Website

It’s simple, but the Montgomery Home Learning Network now has a website:  http://mhln.info/ – before there really was just the Yahoo! group).  I’ve changed the link in my sidebar accordingly....

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