The IAHE Blog
Welcome to the IAHE’s newest Board Members, Greg and Kimberly Laskowski!
Greg & Kimberly Laskowski reside near Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County). They have homeschooled for 14 years and have three children ranging in age from 7 to 18 years of age. The Laskowskis believe the two most important goals of home education is giving their...
Caution!
We LOVE homeschooling. We believe it is the best choice for our children. We believe that parents should be informed about the negative trends, issues, and ideology in the public school system today. We value parental rights, homeschool freedom, and all of the...
Diploma Mills; How to Recognize, Avoid Them
Do you know a Diploma Mill when you see one? Definition: Sell degrees without requiring true academic achievement. In other words: Worthless degrees. Diploma Mills are highly profitable. $200 Million: Estimated amount that diploma mills rake...
Proposed Diplomas Update 2.0
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,...
Is It Any Surprise?
By Dr. Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. Many journalists ask me, “Why do homeschool students do so well academically?” And I have had to answer this same question as an expert witness in court many times. There are some simple answers, one of which I would like to propose in this...
Non-Experts Homeschooling Special Needs Students?!
Guest Author: Dr. Brian Ray, Ph.D. National Home Education Research Institute The United States has 1,206 schools, colleges and departments of education. Their whole purpose is about training and government-certifying teachers who are supposed to be experts.[1] [note...
College Consensus and My 4.0
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...
We Are Not Trading Physics For Project Lead The Way
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...
Subtle Landmark: Social and Emotional Health of Homeschooled Students
From Dr. Brian Ray of NHERI: This new study is subtly a landmark one. I have said publicly, many times: Study after study shows that homeschool students do as well, and often better, than public school students in their social, emotional, and psychological...