With Everyone Super – No One Will Be
By Davis CarmanThere has been a slow and steady trend of grade inflation, and this is not helping our students. Is there homeschool grading inflation in your homeschool? Let’s take a look at what happens when everyone is super! The Slow and Steady Trend of Grade Inflation I remember being a Teacher’s Assistant when I was in...Read More
A Homeschooling Prayer… or Two… or Three…
By Davis CarmanJoin with the team at Apologia for a homeschooling prayer, or two, or three. We challenge you to pray for homeschooling as it continues to rise across the country. During the summer of 2020, the Apologia team committed to praying every day from June 19 through September 7. Our motivation was the fact that tens...Read More
One Nation, Divided
By Davis CarmanEvery kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. (Matthew 12:25) When I attended public elementary school in the late 1960s, we started each school day by saying the pledge of allegiance. As I progressed through junior high and into high school during the ’70s, reciting...Read More
What School Choice Will Parents Make in 2021? My Prediction
By Davis CarmanWhat school choice are parents making as schools open back up following lock downs? Let’s take a look! COVID-19 changed everything about education in 2020. In the past year, I’ve written several articles (including this one) about how COVID-19 has dramatically affected K–12 education. I discussed several surveys from last spring indicating that numerous parents...Read More
This Will Change Education Forever—and It’s About Time
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4 Action Items to Help Your Homeschool Last More Than 4 Years
By Davis CarmanDavis Carman provides an action item for years one through four of your homeschooling to help you make it through the graduation of your last homeschool student. A man plans his way, but the LORD determines his steps. — Proverbs 16:9 The great castles of old are . . . well, old. Most have been...Read More
Five Great Reasons Why You Need to Homeschool Now
By Davis CarmanWhy You Need To Homeschool From a Homeschool Veteran When our first child was born more than twenty-five years ago, I didn’t have any reasons to homeschool. Homeschooling was the furthest thing from my mind. Now, as a publisher of homeschool curricula, there is no doubt I am in it for the long haul. Along...Read More
Homeschool Basics to Stay the Course
By Gerri SmithWhether or not you receive grief for homeschooling, let me encourage you to stick with the homeschool basics and keep your eye on the finish line. One can expect negative feedback from those who might not understand the choice to homeschool, but thankfully very little came our way. So when I was hit with a...Read More