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Summary: What an eye-opener!
Review: The Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling is so helpful! As a parent-to-be, I was excited to hear about how home educators all across the world are faring and how the graduates do in the world after their years at home. For anyone who is interested in home schooling or wants to learn about the successes of home schoolers, this is an excellent resource to purchase!
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Summary: A "must-read" for parents considering Homeschooling
Review: The WORLDWIDE GUIDE TO HOMESCHOOLING is the most condensed and potent synopsis for any parent considering the homeschooling option. This is a must read for those who wish to have more control over their children's education. The statistics and references Dr. Ray presents document the phenomenal success achieved by literally thousands of homeschooling families. Although 87% of America's children are educated in the public schools, this age-segregated method is proving to be inefficient and increasingly ineffective when compared with parent-led education. For parents currently homeschooling, the book will help instill and invigorate you with vision and hope as well as provide new educational resources and teaching techniques you may not have been aware of.
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Summary: A "must-read" for parents considering Homeschooling
Review: The WORLDWIDE GUIDE TO HOMESCHOOLING is the most condensed and potent synopsis for any parent considering the homeschooling option. This is a must read for those who wish to have more control over their children's education. The statistics and references Dr. Ray presents document the phenomenal success achieved by literally thousands of homeschooling families. Although 87% of America's children are educated in the public schools, this age-segregated method is proving to be inefficient and increasingly ineffective when compared with parent-led education. For parents currently homeschooling, the book will help instill and invigorate you with vision and hope as well as provide new educational resources and teaching techniques you may not have been aware of.
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Summary: Great resource for parents, media, researchers, policymakers
Review: This compact, readable, and intriguing guide hits about every topic possible on homeschooling. Academics, ?socialization,? how homeschool grads will do in the ?real? world, freedom of thought, the ?hidden curriculum? of public (state-run) schools, research, reasons for homeschooling, growth around the world, the history of schooling, and a plethora of other topics. And the personal profiles of homeschool families, young adults, and leaders provides a very human interface. It?s obvious that Dr. Ray has been studying and thinking about this fast-growing educational phenomenon for almost 20 years. He does not tell parents every detail on how to homeschool, but he does give them kernels of wisdom regarding directions and resources. Ray gives academics and educators more objective information in this little book than they could ever get from their professional conferences and media reports. In one, handy reference guide, media reporters will have all the basics on this educational alternative at the tips of their fingers. And any policymaker who gets a hold of this small tome will know more than almost any of his or her colleagues. This is a tight book. Worldwide Guide should be in the hands of every parent who cherishes free thinking, every grandparent who cares about the education of his or her children, every education reporter, every classroom teacher and professor, and every public library.
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