Homeschool Bytes presents

The Welcome to the Harvest Edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling.

Homeschooling best for children according to the Brazen Careerist

 I feel like I have no choice. Because while I was waiting for the kids to go back to school, I was reading. And, of course, now my homeschool site makes me a magnet for research about school. And the evidence is overwhelming that schools are not meeting the educational needs of children

Unstructured play is more important than everything else for young kids. 

Test scores are not important. 

The homeschool trend is huge among educated parents. 

Passion-based learning is an impossible goal with 30 kids and one teacher.  

Almost all serious talk of school reform is about redefining what school is.

I challenge you to read these links and tell me you don’t think homeschool would be better for your kids. And this is why I tell myself that I have to make homeschooling work.

Read the full article here.