cm@unc.UUCP (Chuck Mosher) (02/22/84)
For all of those interested in home schooling, I strongly recommend the following references: Teach Your Own - a book by John Holt. Excellent guide to reasons to home school, answers to very many questions that people have when considering home schooling, methods to go about it, legal hassles, etc. An excellent investment (~$15.00). Growing Without Schooling - This is a newletter put out, also by John Holt, which contains a compendium of extremely valuable information for the home schooler or people who are considering home schooling. It comes out every 2 months and includes articles on current legislation and court cases (nationwide) pertaining to h-s, many articles by home schoolers describing their experiences (the most valuable part of the newsletter, to us - also comprises most of the bulk of the newsletter itself), and in addition it provides a directory of all people (organized by state) who have asked to be put on the list as resource people to contact for home schooling in their area. The directory is quite large, and is put out in its complete form only once a year. The most current directory is GWS issue #36. The subscription rates are: $15 for 6 issues (1 yr), $24 for 12 issues, and $30 for 18 issues. A single issue costs $2.50. Back issues (there are 36 in all since its inception) and an index to the first 30 issues are also available. The address is: GROWING WITHOUT SCHOOLING 729 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Feel free to send me mail if you have any more questions. Chuck Mosher !decvax!mcnc!unc!cm Route 8, Box 47 Chapel Hill, NC 27514
albrecht@bsdgvax.UUCP (08/24/84)
[] We plan on keeping our seven year-old son home from school beginning in September. Although he attended kindergarten and 1st grade in public school, we felt that the influences of the public school environment were not to our liking. And besides, my wife feels that she can do a better job than an average public school teacher. I would be interested in hearing from others who are home- schooling their children or are considering doing so. What are the benefits and problems that you have encountered? What is the position of your local school district on home-schooling? Of the state that you live in? Here in Pennsylvania, the law require school attendence after age eight. Depending on the school district parents may or may not be forced to send their children to school after that age. -- Tom Albrecht Burroughs Corp. SDG/Devon