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Homeschooling's Popularity Is Soaring in Arkansas

Posted in News on February 27, 2017

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Twenty years ago, the idea of home schooling may have seemed foreign, and for some, a little scary. Fast forward to 2017 and home schooling is the fastest growing form of education in the country, according to the National Home Education Research Institute. In a two-part series, THV11 is breaking Read More »

The Best Udemy Courses for K-12 Home Education

Posted in Homeschooling on February 27, 2017

Udemy classes for high school and middle school

Udemy's online classes are an incredibly valuable resource for any homeschooling family. For anyone who does not know, Udemy is an online learning marketplace that offers courses in a full spectrum of subjects and interests. There are courses in core subjects, photography, art, yoga, music, technology, programming, martial arts, ballet, cooking & home economics, entrepreneurship, and much more. Udemy.com Read More »

HUGE SALE: Udemy Courses for Just $10!

Posted in Resources on February 23, 2017

Just a quick alert for any homeschool families that enjoy online classes and online resources. Udemy is currently having a sale that ends on February 28th where their courses are only $10! There's really nothing to lose at that price. The sale is visible if you use a link with the built-in promo code: BREAKTHRU. Read More »

DeVos Should Look to Homeschoolers for Fixing Public Schools (Which Cannot Succeed in Long-Run)

Posted in News on February 23, 2017
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DeVos could learn from homeschooling's free market approach to education

The new era of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has already been full of surprises and controversies. If DeVos is indeed looking for innovative ways to reform the public school systems, she should look at homeschooling as a model for how public schools can be run more effectively. Thomas Purifoy of Compass Classroom said that "Public Read More »

Facebook's Anti-Conservative Bias: Christian Homeschool Mom's Account Suspended Over Posts Citing Bible

Posted in News on February 21, 2017
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Activist Mommy Facebook Account Censored

Homeschool mom and self-proclaimed "Activist Vlogger," Elizabeth Johnston and the Facebook censorship team haven't been seeing eye to eye. Johnston claims that Facebook closed her account over anti-homosexual comments she had made in previous months. Johnston's comment was in response to an atheist who mocked Christians for condemning homosexuality but readily ate forbidden biblical foods like shellfish and Read More »

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