Parents are turning to home education because they fear their children are being exposed to information about adult sexual acts in schools, according to an MP. On Monday, MP Andrea Jenkyns told Parliament that she has heard from parents in her Morley and Outwood constituency in Yorkshire “who feel they’ve got no choice but to…
Parents Home Schooling Children to Avoid ‘Inappropriate Sex Education’: MP
Back to School 2022
Commentary As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten, forcing…
‘Woke’ Gender Ideology in British Schools Nudging More Parents to Choose Home Education
The fear that educational material pushing ‘extreme gender ideology’ is indoctrinating their children could be nudging more parents to opt for home education. Yesterday British MPs discussed how materials are being flooded into schools by external providers who are exposing children to “deeply inappropriate, wildly inaccurate, sexually explicit, and damaging materials” in the name of…
How to Be a Good Grandparent
Parenthood can be a rollercoaster of emotions, from blissful happiness to abject horror, so when your children have children, your real-life experience can help them and your grandchildren get through the process with flying colors. Be a Resource Think back to when you had your children, and how you found someone who had already raised…
Parents in England Who Fail to Register Home Schooling Fear New Sanctions
Parents who home educate are worried about a new law that strengthens the powers of authorities to issue fines and force children into mainstream schools if they don’t comply with the rollout of a new mandatory register. The British Government’s Schools Bill, which is currently in the House of Lords, is a new ambitious piece…
The Five Pillars of Home Education
The five pillars of parenting, which I write about in Extraordinary Parenting: The Essential Guide to Parenting and Educating From Home, help all parents, whether they are educating their children at home full-time, homeschooling due to the current pandemic, caring for toddlers or preschool-age children, or simply want to support their children’s learning outside school hours….
‘Micro-Schools’ Grow In Popularity Amid Student Exodus From Public Schools
The romantic image of a one-room schoolhouse nestled on the midwestern prairie has in its modern equivalent today’s micro-school, or “pandemic pod.” Born amid the COVID-19 pandemic, minimalist by design, their founders say these mini-schools may be small in size but they’re large in curriculum scope, offering individualized instruction in a safe, politics-free environment. “A…
Defining Education Down
Commentary What is the greatest threat to educating children today? Is it COVID-19, or ignorance? I’m going for number two. There is growing evidence to back me up. In August, Oregon Governor Kate Brown privately signed a bill ending a requirement that high school students prove they are proficient in writing, reading and math before graduating. The…
Texas Parents Seeking to Homeschool Increases Five-Fold From 2020 Record
The number of Texas families pulling their children out of public schools and pursuing homeschooling in one week this month is five times greater than the same time period last year, the Texas Homeschool Coalition reports. “We are literally inundated with calls and emails from thousands upon thousands of families asking how they can begin…
The Single Best Thing Americans Can Do to Retake America
Commentary The most frequent question people pose to me is: What can I/we do to fight back against the nihilistic anti-American destruction of virtually all the country’s major institutions? There is an answer. The single best thing Americans can do to counter the left-wing attack on America—against its freedoms, its schools, its families, its children,…
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