"Homeschooling Joins the Mainstream"

A little after the fact, but thanks to the internet and podcasts, none-the-matter - you can still check it out, and it's still relevant. 

Kojo Nnamdi, one of my favorite radio hosts, featured this topic last week - "Homeschooling Joins the Mainstream."  Here is a link to the podcast.  For those of you who wonder why we do it, and how it works, this is a great segment which may answer some questions.  It amazes me still how many misconceptions there are about 'homeschooling', one of them being the big question of 'socialization'.  As the guest speaker reveals, one of the 'dirty little secrets' about homeschooling is that we're rarely home.  Although we don't necessarily deal with the daily scramble to rush out the door at some ungodly hour, we have our morning routine, which looks different in different houses, and then, most days, we are out in the real world, with or without friends, interacting with people of all ages, and usually having a dang good time.

Phoenix at Cox Farms, psyched after coming down the huge slide.

Adobe pulls a surfer move as she speeds down the slide.

"Home education works.  Children who are homeschooled score, on average, 20 to 30 points higher on measures of academic achievement - these are standardized tests...."