At the end of June 2007 the Supreme Court made a split 5-4 ruling that limits the ability of schools to use race as a factor in determining student participation in academic programs like magnet schools. Around that same time, the Alliance for Excellence in Education released a study out of...

NASAs Johnson Space Center Houston recently hosted a two-day BP Physics Challenge for 886 Houston schools students, mostly juniors and seniors, with 800 more students expected to attend. The math and science students either made their own rockets that would be launched outside at the Space...

Houston Schools families who have children who are identified as gifted or talented academically face unique problems. The biggest one is ensuring that the child in question is being adequately challenged, without suffering burn-out. Im bored is one of those phrases that all parents hate...

Host Family Accommodation For English Language Students In The UK

Host family accommodation can be an integral component to the studies of international students. Not only does the host family provide a home environment with the opportunity for privacy or integration but also potentially...

Once the decision is made to homeschool, the next major issue is which curriculum or methodology to use. While there are pros and cons for every option, this article will focus on homeschooling with a packaged curriculum.

A packaged curriculum will usually include all the books, lesson...

The time has come for your child to begin his education, and you are faced with the ever present question: What should I choose? Homeschooling or Public Schooling?
Both offer advantages and disadvantages and we will discuss some of them in this article as it is best to know all the facts...

Homeschooling Setups That Make Your Home Education Run More Smoothly

So many parents are turning away from public education to home-schooling options. While home schooling does increase the amount of time parents must devote to their children and usually means one parent forgoing earning...

There are more and more parents every year who have reached the conclusion that educating their children at home has become a much better option than what the public schools today have to offer. The advantage is to homeschooling are many among the top that homeschooling has to offer is the...

Homeschool Your Child To Vedic Math – The Worlds Fastest Mental Math System

Some questions to ponder:

– How could the Aryan civilization, near the Hunza Valley, 5,000 years ago, mentally compute mathematical operations that today only a calculator could...

Homeschool is one of the alternatives considered by parents and educators to traditional schools. Although its effectiveness has not yet been proven conclusively, there are sectors that champion homeschooling because it provides a much more flexible process that can be adapted to a childs...

The number of homeschool students grew from 1.2 in 2003 to a staggering 2.4 million in 2006 according to the National Home Education Research Institute. With this type of growth you have to wander what is the cause for the amazing increase in homeschool attendance.

Based on surveys, there...

Homeschool and College Acceptance What Works and Doesnt Work in Homeschooling

How Homeschooling Parents Can Assure their Homeschooled Students Gain Acceptance into Americas Well-Known Colleges and Universities

Youve all heard the mixed reports about college acceptance of...