My daughter was distraught. She'd put in an application to a university she was hoping to attend. She really had her hopes up about getting into this institution. But the university had contacted her with some bad news. There was apparently a problem due to her status as a homeschooler.

It makes little sense to save them from the public school meatgrinder if we are only going to toss them into another meatgrinder of our own creation.

Like the socialization question, the answer is that homeschooling is actually superior to site-based schooling in this respect. If that answer makes your jaw drop and say, "What?!" please hear me out.

Small is beautiful in homeschooling, too! You don't need to be part of a massive co-op or enrolled with a large homeschool program to reap the benefits of homeschooling

If you’ve embarked upon the homeschooling adventure, you are just as much a full-time educator as any public-school employee or professor.

When doing your homeschool planning for the spring, remember that your spring semester actually begins in the dead of winter. Plan to preempt winter burnout...