Educate your kid at home 101 (A)

1. History of Education Through the Ages and of Homeschooling:

• The Emergence of Compulsory Schooling and Anarchist Resistance by Matt Hern 
• The History of Homeschooling 
• Confederacy of Dunces: The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto 
• Ancient Greek Education 
• Ancient Rome Education 
• Education in the Middle Ages
• History of homeschooling: How did the modern movement come about? How did compulsory education regulations cause this reaction? 
• Puritan Education 
• The Right to Education 

History of Education in Japan:

Education in Japan  / history of writing in Japan / Statistics on Education in Japan / History Textbook Controversy in Japan  /Education Reform and Issues / Shadow Education in Japan / Five Day School Week / History / Music Education in Japan / Education System in Japan (chart) / Fundamental Law on Education/ Education in Japan overview & history/
2. What Is Homeschooling and Afterschooling?

• “Afterschooling” by Homeschoolzone.com 
• Afterschooling 
•  Homeschooling: It’s Not About School
• What Does Read Home Schooling Mean? by Dorothy Moore
• Well Trained Mind answers What is Homeschooling?

3. FAQs What is homeschooling? and other questions answered

• Q & A FAQs by Brian Covert
• Homeschooling FAQs in Japan by Tomiko Kugai, a homelearning advocate and parent in Himeji (translated by Kazumi Ohkubo Covert and Brian Covert)

4. Reasons to Homeschool:

•  A Conversation With John Holt (1980) interview with John Holt (of Growing Without Schooling) from Mothering magazine.;
• Teach Your Own Children At Home  Another 1980 interview with the now deceased John Holt (of Growing Without Schooling) . These interviews offer many convincing reasons to homeschool.
• A Look at Our Schools–Getting Back to Basics, by Alfie Kohn Unlearning How We Learned, Well Known Advocate of Homeschooling writes for the Washington Post
• It’s Not As Hard As It Sounds
• Anti-Homeschooling Excuses: Are They Valid? by Tamara Eaton Ten common excuses are actually reasons to homeschool
• Battle for Our Children’s Minds by Christopher Klicka, Senior Counsel of HSLDA
• But We Have Such GOOOOD Schools by Charlotte C. Monte
• Educating Your Child At Home due to Bullying at School Homeschooling and home tuition due to bullying at school; Whilst reasons for home education vary, bullying and harassment and a school climate not conducive to learning are often quoted. Estimates suggest that every year in the UK at least 16 children commit suicide because of bullying at school. Links to essays about formal schooling, the decline of, problems with.
• Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child
•  FAQ about Homeschooling and Sociaization by a homeschool graduate 
•  Homeschooling written by a reader of Christian Edu-Link, this piece explores the restrictions of school vs the flexibility of homeschooling.
• Genuine Multiculturalism (as a goal and by-product of homeschooling) by Karl Bunday
•  Notable Persons Who Saw Problems in Schooing 
• Schools and Suicide by Karl Bunday offers new hypothesis that compulsory school attendance is the cause of suicide, debunking the myth that suicides are due to Asian-style pressure-cooker education; compares US, Japan, and Sweden.
• Socialization : A Great Reason to Homeschool
• Taking Charge of Your Children’s Education – By Rick Livingston
• Ten Reasons Not To Homeschool by Jim Muncy
• The Curriculum of Necessity by John Taylor Gatto makes a case that really essential education can take place only outside school
•  The Six-Lesson School Teacher by John Taylor Gatto explains what the public school really teaches the child.
• The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher more in the same vein by Gatto — his speech was given on the occasion of John Taylor Gatto being named “New York State Teacher of the Year” for 1991.
• What_Are_The_20_Qualities_Of_An_Educated_Person-A_List_From_John_Gatto; (Excerpted from the text of a speech by John Taylor Gatto upon accepting the New York City Teacher of the Year Award on January 31, 1990. The text was originally reprinted from the Iowa State Newsletter. http://www.primenet.com/~afhe/gatto2.htm )
• Top Ten Reasons to High School Homeschool 
• What Effect Does School Attendance Have On Crime Rates. Research by Karl Bunday on theory that increased school attendance raises overall societal crime rate. 
• Why should I homeschool? 
• The Roots of School Violence? 

5. Is it Possible to Homeschool?:

• Am I Cut Out for Homeschooling? excerpt from the Homeschooling Book of Answers by Linda Dobson  
• Are You Educated Enough to Educate Your Child? Dr. Wile reassures us that the children we have raised from birth are best educated by us, no matter what our own education level might be.
• Can a homeschooler make it to college?
• Can a single parent homeschool?
• Can working parents homeschool?
• Is homeschooling expensive?
• Is homeschooling right for me?
• Questions Homeschoolers Ask
• Seven Undeniable Truths of Homeschooling Every parent homeschools, some more than others.

6. Socialization issue

• Socialization
• The Curriculum of Necessity by John Taylor Gatto makes a case that really essential education can take place only outside school
• The Development of Social Competence in Children  
• The Efficacy of the Homeschooled by Aletheia Price (link down)
• The Valedictorian Who Failed Socialization by Neysa C M Jensen
• What About College?  
•  What About Grades? 
• What about socialization?  
• What About Algebra, Higher Math and Lab Science?  
• What will people think? By Joe Spataro 

7. Starting Out:

• BACK TO SCHOOL LIST: Essentials for This School Year! by Tamara Eaton on the only things you really DON’T want to do without…  
• Choosing Curriculum By Tamara Eaton  
• Distance & Alternative Learning  
• Help Getting Started Web links to many essays on how to get started homeschooling. 
• Home School Support  
• Homeschooling with Principles, not Formulas by Diana Waring of History Alive! 
• How Do I choose Materials? 
• How to Start Homeschooling in 8 Easy Steps by Gail Felker HomeschoolToday.com Issue: January/February 2000 
• Home(school)…A Master Plan For Yours by Jane Boswell
• Lessons For Homeschoolers by Dorothy Moore  
• Multilevel Homeschooling by Tamara Eaton Most moms of several children become experts at multitasking with experience–although don’t let anyone convince you that it’s as simple to homeschool a bunch as it is one or two.  
• Setting Goals for Excellence
• Starting Out
• Suggested Course of Study Need to know what to do and when? No overloaded curriculum suggestions. 
• Support groups? 
• Teaching Several Children at Once 
• The Curriculum of Necessity or What Must an Educated Person Know? A few years back one of the schools of Harvard issued some advice to its students on planning a career in the new international economy…” thus begins this enlightening essay by John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year
• Umbrella Schools & “accreditation” 
• What is Educational Philosophy 
• What Your Child Needs to Know When from Heart of Wisdom 

8. Decisions and Choices on Curricula and Resources:

• Choosing Curriculum By Tamara Eaton  
•  Curriculum Wars! by Tamara Eaton 
• Evaluate Curriculum from a Christian World View  
•  Finding Used Curriculum — Beverly S. Krueger 
• Purchasing 101: Forget the Curriculum What Else Do I Buy?—Tammy Cardwell 
• The Truth About Curricula 
• The Curriculum of Necessity or What Must an Educated Person Know? A few years back one of the schools of Harvard issued some advice to its students on planning a career in the new international economy…” thus begins this enlightening essay by John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year. A good guide before buying choosing curriculum. Highly recommended*