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There is so much information about homeschooling that it can seem overwhelming. We’ve gathered information to help you make your homeschooling decision and to inform you about laws and other legal issues. Here you’ll find research and statistics that support the notion that homeschooling provides specific advantages to children and families. And we’ll help you take the first steps on the road of your own homeschooling adventure.

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Parents' Literacy and Their Children's Success in School: Recent Research, Promising Practices

This report examines recent research and program developments designed to improve the education of children by improving the literacy skills of their parents (particularly their mothers) who did not graduate from high school.

Slowlane.com

Slowlane.com is the searchable online reference, resource and network for Stay At Home Dads (SAHD) and their families. The Slowlane.com site provides dads with a searchable collection of articles and media clips written by, for, and about primary care-giving fathers. It also hosts multiple web sites for at home dads, including independent SAHD groups and several local Dad-to-Dad chapters, all of whose missions are to help dads connect with each other in their local areas.

Why I Homeschool My Children

A mom shares her happy reasons for choosing homeschooling for her family.

10 Reasons to Homeschool in the Summer

These top 10 reasons for homeschooling during the summer will help you identify the advantages of year-round homeschooling. These advantages include having more days during the school year for field trips, projects, local programs, and emergencies. It also provides more routine and continuity.

An Open Letter to My Non-Homeschooling Friends

It can be difficult for friends to understand the changes and challenges a homeschooling family faces. This mom shares her reasons for homeschooling and why her relationship with them is different now.

Charlotte Mason Living Books Curriculum

Living Books Curriculum offers homeschooling families a high-quality course of study based on the time-tested methods of Charlotte Mason. The curricula facilitate learning through literature, life experiences, and oral and written expression. The curriculum is integrated, complete, and flexible. It honors the child, supports learning, develops higher-order thinking, and generates excitement about learning.

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Unschooling from an African-American Perspective

A look at unschooling as a philosophy of life from an African-American perspective.

Pacific Justice Institute (PJI)

Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. PJI provides free representation to parents who are unlawfully denied the right to homeschool their children. PJI also provides legal counsel to those parents wishing to homeschool, but do not know their legal options or obligations.

A Charlotte Mason Home

This website is dedicated to the educational philosophies of Charlotte Mason, a British educator from the last century. Her methods and philosophies have experienced a resurgence, especially among American homeschooling families. Mason’s emphasis on children developing a lifetime love of learning was in stark contrast to the nearly anti-child climate of her time period. The mission of the Charlotte Mason & Home Education website is to bring Charlotte Mason’s ideals and methods to modern families.