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from our Teen Books section:

The Homeschooler's Guide to Portfolios and Transcripts

Homeschooling : The Teen Years

Choosing the Right College: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools


Articles of interest to homeschoolers:

Taffie Teen Page
Information about homeschooling Teens.

Books on Homeschooling Teens
Books related to teens and college.



Articles:

  A Hip Club for Square Teens   - 16 yr old homeschooler and webdesigner starts a new social  and networking club for teens
  related article - Face of the Future? Melissa Sconyers - 15-year-old home schooled web designer that charges $1000  per contract.

  Battling for the heart and soul of homeschoolers -  By Helen Cordes for Salon

  A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING by Linda Dobson

  "But We Have Such GOOOOD Schools!"

  Convincing Others We Don't Want Homeschooling Legislation

  Curfews and Homeschoolers

  Dealing With Doubts

  Does Homeschooling Have to be Political?

  Ed Press - College Admissions Adapts To Students Taught at Home

  Essays by John Taylor Gatto

  Foundations for Successful Homeschooling

  Home is Where the School Is
  related link - Why Chickfila prefers to hire homeschoolers as employees.

  Homeschoolers and the Curfew - City of Houston curfew

  How William Bennett's Public E-Schools Affect Homeschooling

  How to Start Your Own Homeschooling Support Group

  How to Survive a Homeschool Convention - lots of nice tips

  IOWA Homeschool Crisis - well written personal account of challenges of early homeschool movement in IOWA.

  "The New Face of Homeschooling" - Article in Harvard Education

  Our Non-directed Support Organization - great for those thinking of starting a new group or making their existing group better

  Poison Drops in the Federal Senate - originally published in 1886. Discusses the failure of compulsory education and the negative effects on family and society in general. A strong plea for the separation of school and state.

  Revelations of a Homeschooling Mom

  Sour grapes, anyone? - response to homeschool backlash by Helen Cordes
  Home schoolers -- big winners in national spelling and geography bees -- are criticized for "unfair advantages."

  Study: Home-educated children not disadvantaged

  Studying Home Educated Adults

  The Challenge of Older Children

  Testing Homeschoolers - links to articles concerning testing, resources for testing

  Thoughts on Homeschooling - Jim Muncy's series of great articles including Unschooling Unchristian? and his satire Ten Reasons Not to Homeschool

  THSC - A home school history lesson - background on Texas homeschooling including the Leeper case and Austin TEA party.

  Truancy, Curfews and Our Response

  We've Grown Up and We're Okay - Studying Home Educated Adults *updated*

  What Happened to Play? - not a homeschool article but good food for thought as to how children best learn

  What Is It With Homeschoolers & Money? - good food for thought 

  Why Independence Is Essential To Homeschooling

  Why the Question of Homeschoolers' Playing Public School Sports Affects All Homeschoolers

  Your Homeschooling Decisions Affect My Homeschooling Freedoms

Last updated September 20, 2006Texas Flag Copyright 2001-2006 Susan Frederick