Maryland Home Education Association
Posted 2009-09-15 15:02 by manarafo
Though home education may seem like a new idea to many, it has been the primary means of learning since the dawn of time. Even as little as a century ago, most children did most of their learning at home including famous Americans like Abraham Lincoln, the Wright Brothers, and Thomas Edison. Although the State eventually forced most children out of the home and into schools through the enactment of compulsory attendance laws, home education has made a strong resurgence within the past decade to include over 1,000,000 families nationally
Alliance for Separation of School and State Home
Posted 2009-09-15 15:07 by manarafo
Welcome . . .
to the Alliance for the Separation of School & State!
The brightest future for education begins here.
We Stand For Homeschooling
Posted 2009-09-15 15:07 by manarafo
The very nature, language and essence of homeschooling are being challenged and even co-opted by a vast array of emerging educational programs which may be based in the home, but are funded by government tax dollars, bringing inevitable government controls. These new "home-based" publicly-funded entities are variously called: charter schools, cyber-charters, e-schools, Independent Study Programs (ISP), dual enrollment, Blended Schools Programs (BSP), Programs for Non-Public Students (PNPS), Public School Alternative Programs (PSAP), virtual schools, academies, community schools, home bound, and other newly devised terms and concepts. There is a profound possibility that homeschooling is not only on the brink of losing its distinctiveness, but also is in grave danger of losing its independence. A recent article in Education Week illustrates the problem.
