by Debi Ketron | Feb 20, 2017 | Common Core
Guest post by IAHE Government Affairs Team member, Lisa Yankey. The words “rigor” and “rigorous” have been educational marketing buzzwords for years. Politicians and public school educational reformers call for “more rigor” and “rigorous education.” What do these...
by Guest Author | Feb 15, 2016 | Common Core
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) had asked Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) to make recommendations for involvement in developing new Indiana Science Standards. IAHE recommended several homeschool parents with strong science backgrounds who were...
by Debi Ketron | Aug 24, 2015 | Common Core
IAHE has spent considerable time this summer researching issues related to the proposed Indiana diplomas. Nonpublic schools are not required to follow the State diplomas, so we are affected indirectly. We do regularly look to the Indiana Core 40, or for college-prep,...
by Guest Author | Jun 30, 2015 | Common Core
Guest post by Debbie Ralph Burks I love teaching. In a school classroom, you usually get fresh faces in your classroom each year, and fresh minds and hearts to influence. A homeschooling parent quickly loses their classroom after a couple of decades. When my youngest...
by Guest Author | Jun 29, 2015 | Common Core
Guest post by Amy Hopkins Raab June 28, 2015 I think we all agree that math and science education are sometimes lacking in public schools. Everyone wants public schools to deliver better instruction in science and math to more students. The questions for us today are...
