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the content of the last one:
Home Education Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - part 3
Homeschooling Resource Guide
INDEX:
World-wide-web pages
Books
Magazines and Newsletters
Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order
Other resources
Other electronic forums
NEW:
Description of ``the Daily Reportcard'' list server.
Description of ``Potter's Press'' curriculum
The following resources have been mentioned by various members of the Home
Education mailing list.
The call numbers are from records in OCLC, the national bibliographic database,
mostly from Library of Congress input records. Most libraries will have kept at least
the beginning part of the number the same, the characters following the period may
differ. When there was more than one edition, the most recent one is given (in
hopes that the book will still be in print!)
World-wide-web pages:
http://www.armory.com/~jon/HomeSchool.html
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/HomeSchool/homeschool.html
Books:
Beechick, Ruth
You CAN teach your child successfully:grades 4 to 8
Arrow Press, 1988
ISBN:0940319055 LC:LB1048.5 .B44 1988 Dewey:649/.68
Colfax, David
Homeschooling for Excellence
Warner Books, 1988
ISBN:0446389862 LC:LC40 .C65 1988 Dewey:649/.68
Gatto, John
The Exhausted school : the first national grassroots speakout on the
right to school choice
NY: Smith & Varina, Odysseus Group, 1993.
ISBN 0-945700-02-1
Dumbing us down: the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling
Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992.
ISBN: 0-86571-230-1, ISBN: 0-86571-231-X (pbk.)
LC: LA2317.G33 A3 1992
Hirsh, E.D., Jr., editor
What your 1st Grader Needs To Know:Fundamentals of a Good
First-Grade Education
Doubleday, 1991,2
1st grade
ISBN:0385411154 LC:LB1571 1st .W53 1991 Dewey:372.19
2nd grade
ISBN:0385411162 LC:LB1571 2nd .W47 1991 Dewey:372.19
3rd grade
ISBN:0385411170 LC:LB1571 3rd .W47 1992 Dewey:372.19
4th grade
ISBN:0385411189 LC:LB1571 4th .W48 1992 Dewey:372.19
Holt, John
Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education
Delta/Seymour Lawrence, 1989
ISBN:0440550556 LC:LC37 .H66 1989 Dewey:649/.68
Learning All The Time
Addison-Wesley, 1989
ISBN:0201550911 LC:LB1060 .H66 1989 Dewey:372
A Life Worth Living: Selected Letters Of John Holt
Ohio State Univ Press, 1990
ISBN:0814205232 LC:LB885.H64 L54 1990 Dewey:371.1/0092
Grace Llewellyn
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real
Life and Education
Lowry House ($14.95 + $2 shipping) P.O. Box 1014
Eugene OR 97440.
GWI...@carleton.edu:
We began to read [our teenage boys] excerpts from the book and
they've grown increasingly interested. Except for the first chapter
to parents, the author writes to teens. It's an amazing book, the
best I've come across thus far.
Donnie Curtis <dcu...@lib.nmsu.edu>:
...I'd like to add my praise for this book. My kids (6,9,14) have
never been to school, and have been doing pretty well directing
their own learning. But my 14-year-old daughter had been
feeling a need to seek out further resources, so we bought Grace
Llewellyn's book. It has been our best resource (other than
GWS); she has become inspired about her education, and has
gotten many good ideas from the book. The author herself has a
real love for learning and is able to convey it.
The book probably works best for those kids who are bored and
unchallenged in school, and not well for those whose interest in
learning has been totally destroyed. I loaned it to a mother
whose son was having school problems, and though she loved it,
he was uninterested in anything that resembled a book.
Moore, Raymond and Dorothy
Home Style Teaching:A Handbook for Parents and Teachers
Word Books, 1984
ISBN:0849903971 LC:LC37 .M67 1984 Dewey:649/.68
Home-Spun Schools:Teaching Children at Home--What Parents Are
Doing and How They Are Doing It
Word Books, 1982
ISBN:0849903262 LC:LC37 .M668 1982 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Home Grown Kids:A Practical Handbook for Teaching Your Children At
Home
Word Books, 1981
ISBN:0849902703 LC:LC37 .M66 Dewey:649/.68
Better Late than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's Education
Reader's Digest Press, 1986 (c1975)
ISBN:088349048X LC:LB1132 .M66 1986 Dewey:372.1/2/17
Home School Burnout:What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Cure It
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1981
ISBN:0943497353 LC:LC40 .M66 1988 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Pagnoni, Mario
The Complete Home Educator:A Comprehesive Guide to Modern
Home-Teaching
Larson, 1984
ISBN:0943914116 LC:LC37 .P26 1984 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Pedersen, Anne and O'Mara, Peggy, eds.
Schooling at Home: Parents, Kids and Learning
J.Muir Pub'ns, 1990
ISBN:0945465521 LC:LC40 .S36 1990 Dewey:649/.68
A composite of chapters by different authors containing different
views of homeschooling and advice from different viewpoints.
(Excerpted from Mothering magazine.)
Pride, Mary
The Big Book of Home Learning (4 volumes)
Crossway Books, 1990-1
ISBN:0891075488(v.1) LC:LC40 .P75 1990 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Schoolproof
Crossway Books, 1988
ISBN:0891074805 LC:LC225.3 .P75 1988 Dewey:649/.68
Reed, Donn
Home School Source Book
Brook Farm Books, 1991
ISBN:0919761240 LC:LC40 .R43 1991 Dewey:649.68
Wade, Theodore
The Home School Manual:For Parents Who Teach Their Own Children
Gazelle Pub'ns, 1991(4th ed)
ISBN:0930192257 LC:LC40 .W33 1991 Dewey:649/.68
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Students' Book of Lists
Incentive Pub'ns
ISBN 0-86530-000-3
Magazines and Newsletters:
"Growing without Schooling"
2269 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 864-3100
A subscription is $25 per year for six bi-monthly issues.
LC:LC40 .G76 Dewey:649/.68/097305
Aaron Falbel <fal...@media-lab.media.mit.edu> says:
"Most of John Holt's writings on homeschooling are contained in
Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS), which he started in
1977. The accumulated wisdom of many homeschooling parents
(and children!) are included in its pages. Unfortunately, not many
libraries subscribe to GWS or have a collection of the back
issues, but perhaps you can convince yours to get them.
"Growing Without Schooling tends to cater to the latter three
groups [ in the answer to question 2 above]."
Martin Lewitt <lew...@ncube.COM> adds:
"GWS is mostly theme issues assembled from letters from parents
and children and only has the unschooling point of view.
"My perception of GWS, is that it has steered clear of the
religious controversy which some feel may threaten the home
school movement. Don't get me wrong, subscribe to both [GWS
and Home Education Magazine]."
"Home Education Magazine"
PO Box 1083
Tonasket, WA 98855
Phone: (509) 486-1351
A one year subscription is $24.00 (one ad has it at $20.00?) for 6
issues, and $4.50 for the current issue.
LC:n/a Dewey:371
More than 50 pages an issue, several feature articles and a several of
columns.
Martin Lewitt <lew...@ncube.COM> says:
"Home Education Magazine has a Christian influence that isn't
overwhelming and is supportive and open to the unschooling
approach. Given the strong religious component of much of the
home schooling movement, I find that HEM does an excellent job
of keeping us informed of what is going on."
Parents' Choice Foundation
Box 185
Newton, MA 02168
phone 617-965-5913
$18 per year, add $3 for Canadian orders
Joni J Rathbun <jrat...@ednet1.osl.or.gov>:
Another source some of you may be interested in is a publication
called Parents' Choice. Comes in newspaper format and is a
nonprofit consumer guide to children's books, videos, toys, audio
materials (records and tapes), software, tv, etc. Lots of reviews.
Nothing much in the way of editorials. A smattering of ads for
books and kits and resources....
PRACTICAL HOMESCHOOLING.
Home Life
PO Box 1250
Fenton MO 63026
1-800-346-6322
fax (314) 343-7203.
It's available for $15/4 issues
Mary Pride <mary...@aol.com> (the editor):
Back issues are $5 each plus 10% shipping ($2 minimum). Three
back issues so far. We are Christian in outlook, with an emphasis
on high-tech homeschooling, high school and even college
opportunities at home, and whatever cutting-edge ideas and
resources we can discover! Lots and lots of reviews of both
"standard" type resources and software products. Glossy, colorful,
and now BIG issues -- 80 pages! Regular columns on a variety
of teaching methods: classical education, Charlotte Mason method,
unit studies, online education, accelerated education. Lifestyle
features include "A Day at Our House" diaries, an "Applause"
section chronicling kids' achievements, and a Toothpick Hunt with
prizes in every issue! Publisher is me, Mary Pride. No political
content at all at the moment -- I'm trying to steer away from
this, as I feel other groups and magazines have this side of
homeschooling well in hand. With no disrespect intended to
HOMESCHOOLING TODAY magazine, we are trying to become
HOMESCHOOLING TOMORROW -- the WHOLE EARTH
REVIEW of home ed, the WIRED, the magazine with an eye to
the future, including such things as innercity homeschooling,
business/homeschool partnerships, online networking, moving from a
transcript-based society to a knowledge-credentialed society (not to
be confused with OBE, which emphasizes emotional conformity).
"The Teaching Home"
P.O. BOx 20219
Portland, OR 97220.
Annual subscription rate: $15
Claude Anderson <ande...@master.CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu>:
In addition to good articales and columns, there are numerous
interesting advertisements, as well as calendars of home-school
events around the country.... The magazine has a strong Christian
emphasis, but many of the articles (especially those on legal
aspects) should be of interest to any current/potential
home-schoolers. Each issue focuses on some specific aspect of
home education. (Recent examples : Standardized Testing, Using
the Library, Learning Problems, Character Building, Political
Science, Phonics, Preparing for Adulthood) Back issues (to 1983)
are available."
Martin Lewitt <lew...@ncube.COM> adds:
"Avoid "The Teaching Home", (mentioned by someone else) unless
you are a fundamentalist Christian, actually the fundamentalists
would probably be better off avoiding this one, also."
"Moore Report"
Sandra Petit <Sandra...@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>:
"The Moore Report is a magazine put out by the Moores
(Raymond and Dorothy) as part of the Raymond and Dorothy
Moore Foundation. It is in the process of being expanded so I do
not have the subscription information.
"Treasure Trove"
Sandra Petit <Sandra...@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>:
"Published by Hewitt Research Foundation. Treasure Trove is not
really information on homeschooling. It has puzzles and articles
geared toward the young people who will use their materials."
"Under the Apple Tree"
Apple Tree Press
PO Box 8
Woodinville, WA 98072
Steve Miller <smi...@bbn.com> says:
"This newsletter is published bi-monthly. It is a full of ideas and
projects. The activities are geared to the season. The issues that I
have seen have been _very_ good. I believe that you can request
a free copy."
New Attitude
6920 S.E. Hogan
Gresham OR 97080
From: Lee Griffith <grif...@anderson.edu>
Teen magazines for homeschoolers are hard to find--but Josh
Harris (son of Greg Harris) recently started this by & for
homeschool teen magazine. While not specifically religiously
oriented, most of the writers come from a Christian background
& write with that perspective.
Sample article topics include: College prep tips, National
homeschool basketball tourney coverage, news on the Farris
campaign, peer pressure, Rush Limbaugh, dating & courtship and
many more. Regular sections are: Homeschool student profile,
Music & the Arts, Readers Sound-Off!, Christianity & Literature
& Cartoons.
To subscribe, send $15 (if a US resident) $20 (if from another
country) to:
For a sample issue, write to the same address and send $2. Visa
and Mastercard are also accepted.
Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order:
Terry Colbert <tcol...@dragon.ulowell.edu>: "[Many of the items in] the
following list [are] taken from the Growing Without Schooling directory (issue
#84) under the heading "Correspondence Schools or Curriculum Suppliers".
[That] list is also available from Holt Associates as the Home School Resource
List for $2.50.
"Holt Associates also recommends "Peterson's Independent Study Catalog" for
high school, college, and grad courses. Holt sells the catalog for $11.95 + $3
postage (Holt Associates, 2269 Massachusetts AV, Cambridge MA 02140)."
ABEKA
Box 18000
Pensacola, FL 32523-9160
1-800-874-2352 or 1-800-874-3592.
They offer a regular correspondence course as well as a video course.
You can also order materials without enrolling. Tuition for the regular
course is $450.00 which includes books. There is a strict time limitation
for their courses. Christian oriented
Alpha Omega Publications
P.O. Box 3153
Tempe, AZ 85281
(602) 731-9310.
Uses LIFEPACS, series of small books which takes student through each
subject in steps. You can enter at any stage, and combine different
grade levels for different subjects. There are about 10 LIFEPACS for
each grade level for each subject. You can get a sample LIFEPAC by
request. Most of the series are about $20.00.
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
PO Box 4097
Whittier, CA 90607-4097
Character foundation curriculum (213)694-4791
Alta Vista College Press Home School Curriculum
PO Box 222
Medina WA 98039
(206) 454-7691
I talked to a guy who answered the phone briefly and it seems that it
is graduate level curiculum they are offering, geared toward educating
Christian teachers. Teaching teachers how to teach. They probably
changed their phone number to avoid calls from stupid parents asking
about homeschooling materials.
American Home Academy Materials
2770 S 1000 W
Perry UT 84302
American School
850 E 58th
Chicago IL 60637
(high school)
Associated Christian Schools
PO Box 27115
Indianapolis IN 46227
317-881-7132
Aves Science Kits
PO Box 229
Peru, ME 04290
(207)- 562-7033
SCIENCE - Aves Science is a "science supply company specializing in
homeschool laboratory science units." Their specialty is "complete
self-contained laboratory units that are essentially identical to
conventional laboratory exercises, but are designed and packaged for the
homeschooler."
Each science unit comes in a white cardboard box with all equipment
included. Over seventy different units available from Bacteria Staining to
Frog Dissections. Units can be purchased individually for a cost ranging
from $4.00 - $7.00 or as batches as complete laboratory programs.
A Basic Laboratory Program for ages 12-14 is $42.75 and has nine
units.
Brigham Young University
Dept of Independent Study
206 Harman Continuing Ed Building
Provo UT 84602
Bob Jones University Press
Greenville, SC 29614
1-800-845-5731
They offer sale of tests as well as materials. The price depends on
grade level and which subjects you in which you wish to enroll.
Christian oriented
Calvert School
105 Tuscanny Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 243-6030
Tuition about $400. You receive an instruction manual as well as books,
workbooks and writing materials (crayons, pencils, rulers, paper). Lessons
are spelled out. (ex. Say to the child...)
Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools (CLASS)
502 W. Euclid Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(708) 259-8736
send for an information packet There are different programs. Family
program is $210, CLASS adm. program $240, uses "homework", has 12
month year
Christian Light Publications
PO Box 1126
Harrisonburg VA 22801-1126
703-434-0768
Classic Curriculum
Dept G
PO Box 656
Milford MI 48042
313-481-7008 or 800-348-6688
Clonlara SchoolHome Based Education Program
1289 Jewett
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(313) 769-4511
Textbooks not required. Fee $350.00 per family. Does not include books
or testing. Year is Sept. 1-Aug. 31
Cuisenanire Co. of America, Inc
P.O. Box 5026
White Plains, NY 10602-5026
Call: 800-237-3142
FAX: 800-551-RODS
They have a big wonderful catalog, some of which is actually helpful to
homeschoolers (and much more of which is "classroom suitable"). The
rods come in wood or plastic, and single set size of 74 or a double set
size of 155. There is a lot of science stuff in it for older kids.
Design-a-Study
408 Victoria Ave
Wilmington, DE 19804
Resources for creating a custom curriculum
Educators Publishing Service
75 Moulton St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-1104
(800)225-5750
Recipe for Reading, language arts
ESP Inc.
1201 E. Johnson Ave., PO Drawer 5080
Jonesboro, AR 72403-5080
(800)643-0280
Super Workbook K-8
February 9, Educational
118 Carter Dr.
Loudon, TN 37774
1-615-458-2749
George...@launchpad.unc.edu (george wayne graham) writes:
Science has been mentioned a lot on this group. There is a
company that does an excellent job of designing creative ways of
learning math, science and computer literacy for kids.
I tried out their anatomy set with my kids. It comes with a
cassette tape which sings the parts of the body ... bones, nerves,
brain etc. Makes memorizing SUPER easy. It has a workbook
with drawings, glossary, lyrics to the songs ... and the part I like
best ... questions which can be used to test the students retention.
They also have flash cards with pictures.
My kids found the music so entertaining that they forgot that
they were actually learning something. I actually find myself
listening to it for fun. The cassette also has the music with no
lyrics. This way when the student thinks they know it, they can
sing along with the music without the singers prompting.
Glenn Distributors
7251 Bass Hwy
St Cloud MN 32769
Hands-On Equations
Borenson & Associates, PO Box 3328
Allentown, PA 18106
(215)820-5575
Pre-algebra grades 3-8
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Inc.
School Dept, 5 Sampson St.
Saddle Brook, NJ 07662
(800)237-2665
Textbooks K-12
Hewitt Research Foundation
P.O. Box 9
Washougal, WA 98671-0009
206-835-8708
Price differs depending on what you get. For $89, you get a booklist
prepared for your individual child and phone counseling. They sell
textbooks as well as other materials. Christian oriented
Homeschool Associates of New England
116 Third Avenue
Auburn, Maine 04210
(800)882-2828 or (207)777-0077.
Some have expressed interest in used books & curricula. Their listings
show a considerable inventory of used homeschooling material. They
apparently also buy. Additionally, they offer numerous other services to
the homeschooling community. They appear to be a national service
although they are most active in NE.
Home Study Alternative School
PO Box 10356
Newport Beach CA 92658
Home Study Directory: Nat'l Home School Council
1601 18th ST NW
Washington DC 20009
Home Study Institute
6940 Carroll AV
Takoma Park MD 20912
202-723-0800
Home Study International
P.O. Box 4437
Silver Springs, MD 20914-4437
does not include testing, books but must buy the books in theircourse.
$286.00/yr (calendar year), $143/semester; $55.00 registration fee, offers
placement test
Houghton Mifflin
One Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108
(800)257-9107
Textbooks, K-12
International Linguistics Corporation
3505 East Red Bridge Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64137
Publish a series of foreign-language instruction tapes and books for
young children. Languages available include, Japanese, French, German,
Russian, Chinese, and even Engish.
These tapes are used by lots of people on the list.
International Institute
PO Box 99
Park Ridge Il 60068
Islamic Home Scholl Assoc. of North America
c/o J. Akremi
610 S.W. 21 Rd.
Warrenburg, MO 64093
IQRA (Arabic for READ)
831 S. Laflin
Chicago, IL 60607
Attn: Dr. T. Ghazi
(312) 226-5694
John Holt's Book and Music Store
2269 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 864-3100
Catalog store run by the Holt Associates (see also GWS in the
magazine section above).
Key Curriculum Press
PO Box 2304
Berkeley, CA 94702
(800)338-7638
Innovative and inexpensive Math workbooks
Kolbe Academy
1600 F ST
Napa CA 94559
Konos Curriculum
P.O. Box 1534
Richardson, TX 75083
They offer a curriculum which is to be used for all children. You just
adapt the material to different ages. They offer timelines which sound
wonderful though they are expensive and take up a lot of wall space.
Laurel Spring School
Suite 201
Ojai CA 93023
1-800-377-5890 or (805) 646-0186
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of CA
Berkeley, CA 94720
Science curriculum
Learning at Home
PO Box 270-G
Honaunau HI 96726
Living Heritage Academy
PO Box 1438
Lewisville TX 75067
McGuffey Academy
2213 Spur Trail
Grapevine, TX 76051
817-481-7008
MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Bomar/Noble publishers, Harper & Row/Random
House JP, Lippincott/Silver Burdett Laidlaw Brothers
220 E. Danieldale Rd
DeSoto, TX 75115
(800)442-9685
Textbooks, K-12
McDougal, Littell & Co
PO Box 1606
El Cajon, CA 92022
Textbooks, K-12
Modern Curriculum Press
13900 Prospect Rd
Cleveland, OH 44136
Textbooks, K-12, bilingual
Moore Foundation
Box 1
Camas, WA 98607
Educational methods and materials
Muslim Home School Network and Resource
P.O. Box 1454
Attleboro, MA 02703
(508) 226-1638
National Book Co
333 SW Park AV
Portland OR 97205-3784
503-228-6345
Oak Meadow School
PO Box 712
Blacksburg VA 24063
703-552-3263
Open Court
407 South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60605
Textbooks, K-12
Our Family Resources
1378 River Rd
Drumore, PA
Curriculum and supplementary materials
Our Lady of the Rosary
105 E. Flaget Ave.
Bardstown, KY 40004
Catholic pre-K-12
Our Lady of Victory School
4436 Alpine Dr.
(P.O. Box 819)
Post Falls, ID 83854
Pensacola Christian Correspondence School
Box 18000
Pensacola FL 32523
Phoenix Special Programs
3132 W Clarendon
Phoenix AZ 85017
(high school)
Potter's Press Preschool Curriculum
Shekinah Curriculum Cellar
967 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
mme...@gentoo.com (Melinda Meahan) writes:
Potter's Press is in the form of loose-leaf notebook pages, ten
pages per week. Each week features a letter sound, a number, and
a Bible story (starting after the first few weeks, which talk about
Hermie the Glow Wormie, a character running through the whole
series.
If you want something structured for your 3- or 4-year-old to
do along with the rest of your children, this is the ticket. It will
only take about 10 minutes a day. My 3-year-old felt that he
had "done school" along with his older siblings, and he really
enjoyed doing the pages.
The curriculum is flexible enough that if your child is ready to
read and write, they can do so, but if they aren't, you can easily
adapt it to their level (i.e., just going over the letter sounds and
skipping the few lines of words to try to read each week.
I try to find materials for my children that are self-instructional,
and this one meets that requirement. Everything is right in the
material they are doing, and there is nothing to have to digest
and regurgitate, something that I find impossible to do.
Potter's Press is sold by Shekinah Curriculum Cellar, 967 Junipero
Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. The price as of 1992 (when I
bought it; I don't have a current catalog) was $30 and I felt it
was a far better use of my money than the
conglomeration-of-preschool-workbooks-and-programs that I used
for an older child who really wanted to "do school" too. You
can get a catalog for a dollar, and the catalog includes a good
description of the curriculum and some sample pages, along with
lots of other nifty school supplies.
Prentice Hall
School Div. Simon/Schuster
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Textbooks 6-12
Rod & Staff Publishers
Hwy. 172
Crockett, KY 41413
(606) 522-4348
Strong Christian orientation. Offers texts for all subjects, including art
and music, as well as some in Spanish.
Saxon Publishing
1002 Lincoln Green
Norman, OK 73072
Solid Math texts, very complete
Seton Home Study School
One Kidd Lane
Front Royal, VA 22630
(703) 636-9990
Catholic correspondence school
Shekinah Curriculum Cellar
967 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Books and teaching aids
SMM Educational Services
Box 1079
Sunland CA 91040
818-352-2310
Sonlight Curriculum
460 Snowy Owl Place
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
(303)470-1369
John Rodkey (rod...@westmont.edu):
This is a Christian, delight-oriented (but challenging) curriculum
with an international rather than America-centric flavor. Use of
Usborne books and Newbury Award winning literature rather than
textbooks encourages building a library which can be enjoyed long
after 'prescribed' learning takes place.
Sycamore Tree, Inc.
2179 Meyer Place
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
They offer a course for $400.00 per family. Registration is $50.00. Does
not include books though you get a discount on materials in their very
extensive catalog. Does include spring testing, high school transcripts and
diploma. Requires joining Home School Legal Defense Association for
$85.00/yr. You can order from their catalog without enrolling.
Textbooks for Parents
Box 209
Kendrick ID 83537
U of Nebraska Independent Study High School
Continuing Ed Ctr Rm 269
Lincoln NE 68583
Walch
321 Valley St., PO Box 658
Portland, ME 04014-0658
Textbooks, 6-12
Weekly Reader Skills Books
Field Publications, PO Box 16618
Columbus, OH 43285
Inexpensive skills books most subjects pre-K - grade 9
World Eagle
64 Washburn Ave., Wellesley, MA 02181
(800)634-3805
Zephyr Press
PO Box 13448-B, Dept. 26
Tucson, AZ 85732-3448
Innovative learning materials, integrative curriculum K-12
Other resources:
Almost every state has an annual home-school convention (The Teaching
Home lists them).
Home School Legal Defense Association
HSLDA
Box 159
Paeonian Springs, VA 22129
(703) 338-5600
Claude Anderson <ande...@master.CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu>:
"Many local school administrators are less than thrilled about
Home education. HSLDA is basically a "Pooled insurance" fund.
For $100 per year, they promise to represent you for no
additional charge if your right to teach your own children is
challenged. They have had an excellent track record in their
defense of home school families."
Mary Watts <ki!ma...@uunet.uu.net>:
Member families receive legal advice and representation by an
attorney for homeschool cases if needed, and quarterly Court
Report magazine updating the legal situation in the United States.
Run from a Christian perspective, but membership is open to all
home schoolers. Fee $100/year/family
Ken & Carrie Loss-Cutler <LOSS_...@UTDSSA.BITNET>:
"Yes, they are a very helpful orgainization, but they are NOT the
only way to go. Their results lately have been mixed. They state
that they have never had a homeschooling family forced to
return their child to public schools. That is accurate. There are a
lot of other fates, though, which are only a bit more desireable.
This group is NOT omnipotent (of course) and they DO have a
strong Christian emphasis. They are open to all, but their
newsletter definitely has a VERY strong Christian bent to it. They
have helped us quite a bit in making resources available for our
work as section leaders in EdForum on Compuserve, so I am not
trying to give them a "bad rap", but homeschool families should
approach HSLDA, as with ALL organizations, with their eyes
open."
Jon Shemitz <j...@armory.com>:
"Lately, HSLDA has been urging its members to pressure their
Congresspeople on issues that, at least to me, have very
questionable relevance to home-education - like Supreme Court
Justice Breyer and the UNCRC - but that align closely with the
agenda of the "Christian" right-wing. (Mike Farris, the head of
the HSLDA, has political aspirations of his own.) If you think
the Christian Coalition knows what's Right, then you may be all
for the HSLDA's lobbying. On the other hand, if the CC gives
you nightmares, you may well want to steer clear of the
HSLDA."
National Home Education Research Institute
Dr. Brian Ray
National Home Education Research Institute
Western Baptist College
5000 Deer Park Drive
Salem, Oregon 97301
Telephone: (503) 581-8600
Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
P.O. Box 7482
Charlottesville, VA 22906-7482
800-225-1791 (9-5 EST, M-F)
804-978-3888
FAX 804-978-1789
Mary Watts <ki!ma...@uunet.uu.net>:
They'll help all homeschoolers in need of legal assistance without
charge.
Bill McDonald <rambo.sbc.com>:
"The Rutherford Institute is a Legal Protection Society, with a
primarily Christian focus. Although not limited to educational
issues, a good part of their work is focused on state violations of
individual rights within the context of public education. Funded by
private donations, they can be characterized (I'm sure they'll
cringe at the comparision, but it's all that comes to mind 8-) )
as something like a conservative version of the American Civil
Liberties Union."
Ward_J%HOUS...@mwmgate1.MITRE.ORG
The Rutherford Institute advocates religious liberty. While most of
its cases have defended the religious liberties of Christians in the
United States, it has also taken cases for people of other
religions, and has branches in other countries.
The Rutherford Institute has several resources of interest to home
schoolers:
Home Education Reporter ($10)
National Survey of Home School Laws ($15 for subscribers;
$30 for non-subscribers)
Home Education: Hope for the Next Generation (audio tape
- $7)
Home School Brief ($25 per year)
They have several other items not directly related to home
schooling. Members get 10% off these prices. Prices accurate as of
November 1992.
Other electronic forums:
KIDSNET mailing list
kidsnet...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
The KIDSNET list was established in May, 1989, to stimulate the
development of an international computer network for the use of
children and their teachers. The first pieces of this network have
already begun to take shape, and the mailing list now helps to
guide its continuing evolution. Subscribers to the list include
teachers, administrators, scientists, developers of software and
hardware and officials of relevant funding agencies.
Topics of continuing interest include:
networks at the local, regional and national level
news and mail interfaces suitable for children's use
network services for the K-12 audience
development of new network services and projects
collaborative projects at the national and international level
network access for the handicapped
Subscription requests may be sent to one of the following
addresses:
kidsnet...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
join...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
joinkids@pittvms [BITNET]
Postings to the KIDSNET list are accomplished with mailings to
the address:
kid...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
kidsnet@pittvms [BITNET]
The KIDSNET archive is maintainted in the directory pub/kidsnet
at the site vulcan.phyast.pitt.edu, accessible via FTP from the
Internet, or via the BITNET server BITFTP@PUCC. Bob Carlitz
is the adminstrator of the KIDSNET and KIDS mailing lists.
KIDS mailing list
kidsnet...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
A spin-off of the KIDSNET list is another list called KIDS,
which exists for children to post messages to other children. This
second list was established after some children's postings appeared
on KIDSNET and readers requested that the children's traffic be
kept separate.
Subscription requests for KIDS can be sent to JOINKIDS at the
address given above.
Children may post messages for the KIDS list by sending mail to
ki...@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
kids@pittvms [BITNET]
USENET groups with an education focus
There are several USENET newsgroups that carry education-related
messages. (Commentary by David Mankins <d...@think.com>)
k12.ed.*
The k12 hierarchy appears to be divided between teachers and
students. The k12.ed groups seem to be principally populated by
teachers. A wealth of educational ideas flows through them.
There is also a k12.chat hierarchy for kids to exchange messages.
For more information about the k12 net (which is gatewayed
between USENET and FIDONET), see below. I think you can get
the k12 net in your own home, if you have a personal computer.
sci.edu, misc.education
The volume on these lists varies. sci.edu appears primarily
interested in college-level science education.
These lists seem to carry a lot of education-policy debates, and
less practical information than do the k12 lists.
misc.computers.kids
Many repetitions of ``What's the best educational Mac/PC/Atari
software?'' with answers.
misc.education.home-school.*
j...@armory.com says "In August of '94, two new groups were
created specifically for home-schoolers:
misc.education.home-school.christian is specifically for
fundamentalist "Christians", while misc.education.home-school.misc
is for everybody else. Both are unmoderated and basically open to
any and all home schooling discussions, with the understanding
that readers will use kill files and/or threaded news readers - not
flame throwers. After a rocky first month, both seem to be
turning into very reasonable newsgroups.
"Of course, as the person who initiated the group creation process
and wrote the charters, I may be just a *bit* biased.
The Learning List
learning...@sea.east.sun.com
A spin-off of the Home Ed list, The Learning List is concerned
exclusively with child-centered learning, as espoused by the writings of
the late John Holt.
Subscribers must agree by the lists Charter, which will be sent upon
request.
The home-ed-politics list
home-ed-poli...@mainstream.com
Another spin-off of the Home Ed list, the home-ed-politics list is
concerned with calls to arms to oppose government interference with
home schooling.
Likely to be a lively mailing list.
The homeschool_train_up_a_child list
homeschool_tr...@mainstream.com or to
gre...@conrad.appstate.edu.
There are families and individuals who have chosen, or are considering
home schooling in order to enhance the spiritual, as well as intellectual
development of their children. This list is intended to provide a forum
for those who wish to communicate from that perspective.
Our objective is to promote positive contribution rather than
confrontation, to seek to edify even when the subject matter may
appear to be less than edifying, and to communicate in a manner
which is above reproach in both language and content.
The purpose of this list is not to divide, nor to espouse doctrines or
dogma, nor to be exclusionary and any topic related to homeschooling
or of interest to homeschoolers which meets the above criteria is
welcome.
The home education research list
hmed...@etsuadmn.etus.edu
Home Education Research is a list for scholars, researchers, and others
professionally interested in the area of home education. The list will be
a forum to share information; research methodology and findings; rare
sources and documents; and advice.
The list is limited to individuals who are or have done scholarly
research in the area of home education and continue to have an active
interest; or those that have a professional or ministerial interest in
serving the home education community. One will need to have
moderator approval for membership and only those individuals on the
list will be able to post. No flaming will be allowed to keep the mail
volume low.
If you desire to subscribe to hmedrsch:
Send the command -- subscribe hmedrsch -- to
list...@etsuadmn.etus.edu
OR
Answer the following questions and e-mail your answers to
eye...@tenet.edu
What area of home education research or home education service
are you involved in?
What institution (university, research institute, or home school
support group) are you associated with?
The Daily Reportcard
rptcrd%wwuvm....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu
pai...@mcc.com (Paul Painter) writes:
Also, there is an email digest called "Report Card" which is a
digest of press articles about education. Good way to keep a
watch on the govt's efforts to "improve" education. There are
occasional articles about homeschooling from around the country. I
subscribed two years ago with:
send mail to: list...@gwuvm.gwu.edu
with the following text -
to be added: sub rptcrd <your full name>
to be removed: SIGNOFF RPTCRD
The host sending the mail now is:
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 12:48:22 EDT
Reply-To: Daily Report Card News
<RPTCRD%GWUVM....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu>
Sender: Daily Report Card News Service
<RPTCRD%GWUVM....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu>
From: Daily Report Card <DRC%GWUVM....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu>
Subject: DAILY REPORT CARD
To: Multiple recipients of list RPTCRD
<RPTCRD%GWUVM....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu>
If you are interested, you could try list...@gwuvm.gwu.edu first
then if that doesn't work, try
listserv%GWUVM....@vtbit.cc.vt.edu.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center):
From: "Bob Rankin" <r...@VNET.IBM.COM>:
Below is an introduction to ERIC (Educational Resources
Information Center). It's a great resource for educators, so you
owe it to yourself to check it out! I browsed through it the other
day and came back with a 6-week lesson plan for a unit study
on Astronomy!
--Bob Rankin (r...@vnet.ibm.com)
=-=-=-=-=-=-===================================================
***** The AskERIC Service for Educators *****
* ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC), a federally-funded national information system
that provides access to an extensive body of
education-related resources. The ERIC Clearinghouse on
Information and Technology (ERIC/IT), sponsor of the
AskERIC Project, is one of 16 ERIC Clearinghouses
nationwide which provide a variety of services, products,
and resources at all education levels.
* AskERIC is an Internet-based question-answering service
for teachers, library media specialists, administrators,
and others involved in education. The hallmark of AskERIC
is the human intermediary, who interacts with the
information seeker and personally selects and delivers
information resources within 48 working hours. The
benefit of the human-mediated service is that it allows
AskERIC staff to determine the precise information needs
of the client and to present an array of relevant
resources, both from the ERIC system and from the vast
resources of the Internet.
Anyone involved with education can send an e-mail inquiry
(via the Internet) to AskERIC. Simply address your
message to:
The AskERIC Virtual Library
The AskERIC Virtual Library is a Gopher/FTP site of
selected resources for education and general interest.
Some of the contents include:
* Lesson Plans
* ERIC Digests
* ERIC Publications
* Reference Tools
* Internet Guides and Directories
* Government Information
* AskERIC InfoGuides
* Archives of education-related listservs, such as
EDPOLYAN, LM_NET, K12ADMIN, and KIDSPHERE.
* Remote access to library catalogs
* Access to other Gopher sites
To Gopher to the AskERIC site:
A. If you have Gopher: Gopher to ericir.syr.edu (port
#70) or
1. Access the National Gopher System through:
gopher.micro.umn.edu
2. Move through the following directories:
Other Gopher and Information Servers/
North America/
USA/
General/
AskERIC - (Educational Resources
Information Center)
B. If you don't have Gopher, telnet to a Gopher
client on the Internet:
1. Telnet to ericir.syr.edu
2. Login as directed (usual login is: 'gopher')
3. Access the National Gopher System
4. Move through the directories as above.
To FTP to the AskERIC site:
1. Log into your local host, and invoke the FTP program.
2. Write ericir.syr.edu as the remote host computer name.
3. For username, enter anonymous
4. For password enter your email username (e.g. to...@machine.edu)
* For More Information
We are excited about AskERIC's success to date and are
eager to expand AskERIC question-answering to new
audiences and to further develop services and resources.
Through AskERIC Partnership, state networks and education
agencies work cooperatively with the ERIC Clearinghouse on
Information and Technology to provide the highest level
AskERIC information service to large groups of educators.
To discuss options, please contact:
---
Richard Tkachuck
Nancy Morgan
AskERIC Coordinators
Internet: ask...@ericir.syr.edu
Mike Eisenberg
Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology
Internet: mi...@ericir.syr.edu
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology
Center for Science & Technology, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-4100
Phone: (800) 464-9107, (315) 443-3640 fax: (315) 443-5448
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