Tag Archives: Homeschooling

Homeschooling is on the rise as students and parents discover the benefits of highly personalized education. Not so long ago, homeschooling was often associated with barefoot hippies or religious fundamentalists rather than being viewed as a legitimate alternative to ‘traditional’ education. However, in recent years this myth has largely been …

We’ve all heard the less than flattering stereotypes that exist around homeschooling families: eccentrically insular, fanatically religious and let’s face it…a bit weird. Parents who choose to homeschool know that homeschooling set-ups come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and so this clichéd perspective is often far from accurate. …

Here’s a fun fact: there are currently up to 2.5 million homeschooled children in the United States. This number is expected to increase as statistics show that homeschooling is growing by 2% to 8% every year. However, despite these encouraging numbers, many parents are still skeptical about homeschooling. Over the …

For decades distance education in Australia has been limited to those geographically isolated persons living in remote areas or whose circumstances prevent them from regularly attending school, a policy which is still held by the NSW Department of Education. In the last decade, the emergence of online schooling, along with homeschooling, …