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With school choice being such a hot topic these days, it can be helpful for parents to learn more about what the experiences are like in different learning environments. Though there may be pros and cons to each option, the differences may surprise you.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 @ 3:01 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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At an adults-only family meeting held behind closed doors, the parents of 7-year-old Tim Wilcott shared their concerns that "Little Timmy" had not yet graduated high school.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:07 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs has released a powerful commercial demonstrating why parents should homeschool their children.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A local boy in his first year of homeschooling took a short break from his studies today to daydream about what it will be like on his last day of school, which should only be a mere 12 years away.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Denies public schools are teaching Critical Race Theory, teachers are grooming and indoctrinating students, public schools push a woke agenda.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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Do you homeschool your kids? Ew! Where will they learn social skills? Aren't you concerned about that? Oh well--even weird homeschoolers deserve a good Christmas, so here are some gift ideas to help you out!
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 @ 11:59 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Homeschool students excel beyond their peers in private, charter, and public schools on the Classic Learning Test, according to a rigorous standardized college entrance exam oriented toward classically educated students.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 7:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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After months of arguing that he was ready for the responsibility of a mobile device, local homeschooler Kevin Hillstead at last wore his parents down.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 7:53 am
By: Babylon Bee
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In its latest bid to promote homeschooling, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend the COVID vaccine be given as part of routine yearly immunizations for all schoolchildren.
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 10:40 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Beginning with 11 students in 1997, the homeschool curriculum Classical Conversations now has over 140,000 students enrolled across 50 countries.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Perry family made their annual appearance at Oak Hills Birthing Center this week, getting their punch card stamped for the sixth time -- and now they're just one more stamp away from getting a free delivery, according to sources.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 6:18 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Both options have enrollment that compares with some of the state's largest districts.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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These days it's best if you homeschool your kids, but we understand that not everyone can. So, if you're going to send your kids to public school, at least help them avoid the cancel mob by packing a few essential items in their backpacks.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 9:31 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Tesla, Inc. added a van to its lineup of popular electric vehicles Monday with the unveiling of the new Model H. The full-size van, also known as The Homeschooler, is capable of fitting all nine of Elon Musk's children inside without sacrificing comfort.
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 9:18 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Education experts are warning about the detrimental effects of homeschooling, as it may cause children to miss out on their opportunity to be gay communists.
Published: Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 @ 9:12 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Barnini Chakraborty writes for the Washington Examiner about an interesting education development.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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James Mason writes for National Review Online about troubling proposals for federal intervention into homeschooling.
Published: Thursday, May 27th, 2021 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s no surprise the number of homeschool families swelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, April 12th, 2021 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Interest in homeschooling has surged in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s been several months since the ‘Covid Reset’ began, and the well-schooled population of the United States has obediently succumbed to the tyranny of the elites.
Published: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 @ 7:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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Most North Carolina schoolchildren began this academic year trying to learn from home rather than at school.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2020 @ 12:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 has brought a wave of new trends, from fashion masks to Tik Tok challenges.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Millions of parents are emergency homeschoolers now.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2020 @ 10:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents shouldn’t be afraid to homeschool their children, says Sam Sorbo, actress, author, and homeschooling activist.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is kicking off National School Choice Week with a talk from Robert Luddy, the creator of several charter and private schools in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I'm not surprised that the editors of the News & Observer blame the N.C. General Assembly for the migration of students from districts to charter, home, and private schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschool enrollment hasn't topped the charts just yet. But at the rate it's growing, it's only a matter of time.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina continues to see growth in homeschooling, charter schools, and private schools, a recent report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction says.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 10:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tanner Boyd was like most of his peers in his teens. He had a vague idea that he wanted to stay in Beaufort County, but he had no clue what he could do as a career.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to data recently released by the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education, an estimated 135,749 students enrolled in homeschools last year, a 6.2 percent increase over the previous school year
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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June Atkinson's Cathedral Stands
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschooling is the maverick among North Carolina's K-12 options. Since its launch three decades ago, homeschooling has bucked convention and stumped prognosticators
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschooling reached a milestone in North Carolina in the 2014-15 school year. The number of students enrolled in homeschools in the state topped 100,000
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thirty years ago, the N.C. Supreme Court recognized the legality of homeschooling in Delconte v. State of North Carolina. Since then, the growth of homeschooling in North Carolina has been extraordinary.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schools work for Delicia Hare's 14-year-old son, but not so well for her 8-year-old son Christian Houston. Hare uses the $4,200 voucher she gets from the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program to offset some of the costs of sending Christian to Raleigh Christian Academy. She homeschooled...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You can always count on the editorial page of our local Arab Journalism Award-winning thrice, um, twice-weekly local paper here in Moore County to produce some shaking-your-head-in-dismay, chuckling-in-disbelief moments.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Governor signed my Senate Bill 189, amending the homeschool law in NC, into law this past Thursday.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Twenty years ago homeschooling was relegated to the fringes of K-12 education -- the spurned stepchild in a newly blended family of schooling options. Today homeschooling is a credible, viable educational choice that is garnering respect, even admiration, from outside educators.
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2012 @ 8:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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