Balancing Intentions and Disruptions in Home Education

On September 14, 2010, In Articles, By admin

Parents home educate because they want to assume responsibility for training their children to be wise, morally upright, and capable of pursuing a purposeful life based on integrity.

That objective is not necessarily easy to attain.  Numerous factors beyond parental control invade the home, disrupting “the best laid plans of mice and man.”  Every day has its own set of challenges, disruptions, and circumstances.  Daily routines can become easily “side-tracked.”  A sequence of “side-tracks” can lead to meltdown of efficiency, thus thwarting the best of intentions to provide an effective home school program.  (more…)

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Education Starts Before School Begins and Continues Outside the Classroom

On August 20, 2010, In Articles, By admin

Children do not belong to the government.  However, some parents fail to understand that moms and dads are responsible for training their children.  Sadly, too many parents assume that “professional” educators know how best to prepare a child for school and what should be taught to children in K through 12 instructional programs.  Ironically, thousands of children are “under-educated” before and after they are introduced to formal instructional programs.  Following are some practical tips which all children should experience at scheduled times (as appropriate) between conception and graduation.  (more…)

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The Art of Getting Ready For Fall Home Education

On July 28, 2010, In Articles, By admin

Thoughts of school beginning in the fall affects basically two types of families:  those who are preparing to resume home educating and those who are seriously thinking about abandoning the public school system.  Moreover, reasons for home educating vary among families.  Some parents are simply “fed up with” progressive, Darwinian ideology and secular values which dominate secular, government school classrooms and textbooks.  Other parents want to avoid negative influences from abusive students.  Some parents hunger for their children to learn traditional moral values from curriculum that supports traditional family values.  Fortunately, parents can find curriculum to support whatever reasons are stated for home educating children. (more…)

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Summer Transcript Credit

On July 16, 2010, In Articles, By admin

 “Summer is a wonderful time for teenagers to earn transcript credit for enjoyable activities.  A great one-credit summer course is Character and Skills For Home And Careers (previously listed as Practical Home and Shop Skills) available from Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (www.pacworks.com or www.pacworks.biz).  This wonderful course provides character training, life principles, priorities, and skills needed to participate effectively in traditional family settings regarding auto, electrical, plumbing, construction, and financial management skills.  Busy fathers and single-parent mothers will describe this course as “a summer blessing!”  

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Addressing The Reality of Wounded Students Through “Triage Schools”

On June 21, 2010, In Articles, By admin

THE CRISIS COMPELS LEGISLATIVE ACTION About one third of all at-risk students and 54 percent of Blacks and Hispanics are not graduating with peers.  That presents a national crisis in the work force, correctional institutions, foster care programs, schools, and communities.  Public school classrooms are challenged by millions of students who are too wounded to perform at optimum level in traditional learning environments.  Public schools, however, are not stepping up to the plate with programs that attract and retain wounded students.  State legislatures simply must enable communities to side-step status quo public schools through “Triage Schools”, or continue to dump wounded students on communities that are not prepared to address the influx of unemployable youth.

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