In an Op-Ed Piece in the Washington Times, Home School Legal Defense President J. Michael Smith offered comments on a survey conducted by Ellison Research.
According to the study, homeschooling is seen as a better quality option for education, scoring 3.14 out of 5, compared to the 3 scored by public schools. HSLDA is interpreting that [...]

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I’ll be exhibiting under R.A.G.E. Media, selling my books and the Digital Catholic Library - which, by the way, was designed with homeschoolers in mind.

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My wife and I have been discussing the kids’ schedules for school. Granted, our oldest is only 7, but the needs of 5 children make setting the schedule critical for getting through the day.
One advantage of homeschooling is the ability to take advantage of kids’ passions - so when our son wants to do three [...]

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I’ve not done a wholesale update of my websites in a while. Over the past few days, I’ve identified 6 blogs I will be maintaining, as well as the R.A.G.E. Media Store.
Yesterday I spent quite a while on Problogger catching up on the changes in the blogosphere and getting some essential plugins installed across all [...]

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Today is our 8th wedding anniversary, and my wife and I were discussing this morning everything we’ve been through so far. Interestingly enough, it worked out something like this:
8 years of marriage 7 homes 6 vehicles 5 children 4 states we’ve lived in [...]

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