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Book Recommendations for Boys – Martin Cothran
At the 2017 IAHE Home Educators' Convention, speaker Martin Cothran, shared book recommendations for boys. The complete list is included here. Books are listed in general order of age level. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle (as well as other Eric Carle...
“I’m keeping my son home.” African Americans Homeschooling
From Dr. Brian Ray at the National Home Education Research Institute. Get free homeschool research news (like below) from Dr. Brian Ray and NHERI by signing up here. The Context Scholars Garvey Lundy and Ama Mazama first take their readers...
2017 Indiana Home Education Week
Governor Holcomb has declared March 19-25, 2017, as Home Education Week in Indiana! It is scheduled to coincide with Indiana Association of Home Educators' Annual Convention on March 24-25. It's our week to celebrate home educators' accomplishments! INDIANA HOME...
Homeschooling Held Hostage, by Heidi St. John
(This article was reprinted with permission by Heidi St. John at heidistjohn.com) I remember the day we decided to pull our daughter out of school. The day we "made it public"—this decision to homeschool. I.Was.Terrified. Really. My knees were knocking as I walking...
Why I Threw “Rigor” Out the Window of my Home(school)
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...
Public School Push-out Problem
This blog post has been adapted from my testimony before the House Education Committee on February 16, 2017, as requested by the Committee Chair. On any given day, Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) office staff and sixteen Regional Representatives across...
Share Your Story: Public School Push Outs
Were your children once enrolled in the public school system or a voucher-accepting school? When you read about the School to Prison Pipeline, did you realize your child’s school pushed your child into homeschooling? The School to Prison Pipeline testimony...
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Not Correlated with Homeschooling
By Dr. Brian Ray The Context Sadly, news stories, anecdotes, and some research regarding school teachers and other school personnel doing evil things to students and children have become common in the United States.[1], [2] News stories, government data, and research...
Why Do Low-income Families Choose to Avoid Institutional Daycare and Pre-K?
As IAHE listened to the Pre-K hearings at the Statehouse, advocates of institutional state-funded Pre-K seemed to believe the program needs to be expanded statewide for low-income families, so parents may work or go back to school. Do they consider the possibility...