~ A sampling of articles and discussions on homeschooling and other educational issues ~

Satisfactory Instruction
A discussion about satisfactory instruction, components of satisfactory instruction as well as thoughts on learning and how it happens.
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/satisfactoryinstruction0.html

Staying Home From School
An article from Education Week on the Web, June 12, 1996, regarding homeschooling in U.S. with a focus on some individual families.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-15/38home.h15

Online Learning Customized For Your Child
From the Education Source, June 2000 ~ Tips and suggestions for finding resources on the Web
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/edsource1.html

Styles in Home Education
A brief look at different options for homeschooling: Structured, Semi-Structured, Informal
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/styles.html

Unschooling - What Is It and What Is It All About?
Lots of website links discussing unschooling and what it is all about; book suggestions as well
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/unschooling.html

Non-textbook Approaches to Education
A look at different approaches to education: Classical, Principle, Living Books and Life Experiences, Unit Study, Unschooling Approach, Delayed Academics, Learning Styles providing definitions and website links for each
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/non-textbook.html

The New Face of Homeschooling
An article on homeschooling in the U.S. from the Harvard Education Letter, 2001 ~ As their ranks increase, homeschoolers are tapping public schools for curriculum, part-time classes, extracurricular services, and online learning, by Peggy J. Farber
http://edletter.org/past/issues/2001-ma/homeschool.shtml

Notes on Institutional Schooling
A look at pedagogy and public schools
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/institution.html

Home educated students do well
Article in the Sunday Times Review, April 20, 2003 ~ Amazing what you learn in a kitchen. Home-educated children, far from being in the academic slow lane, are showing their paces when they hit higher education, reports Beatrice Newlsy
http://www.alternative-learning.org/ale/articles/related/sunday-times-review.html

Are Homeschooled Children Social Retards
A USA Today article showing that homeschooling kids are doing all right in the area of socialization and that homeschooling actually provides some "significant social advantages".

The blackboard kitchen catches on
A National Post article, March 12, 1999 ~ Strikes by public school staff lead parents to conclude that "there's no place like home for education".

Home-schooling Grows with Education Cuts
Article in Ottawa Citizen, April 1999 ~ Provincial government cuts to education are contributing to climbing numbers of Ontario parents who are home-schooling their children.

Not Just for Scary Religious People: Homeschooling Goes Mainstream
BreakPoint with Charles Colson, June 15, 2000 ~ After homeschool students swept this year's national spelling bee, the education elites are objecting that these kids are TOO well-educated.
http://www.breakpoint.org

Home-schooled students face hurdles to higher education
Reprinted with permission from the University Affairs Newsletter, January 2002 ~ University registrars in Ontario and a federation of parents who teach their children at home are beginning talks about how to admit home-schooled students to Ontario universities.
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/universityarticle.html

Wilfrid Laurier University Honour Student
An article from Wilfrid Laurier's website, December 19, 2002 ~ a homeschooled student wins a National Scholarship and is attending Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo
http://www.wlu.ca/%7Ewwwpa/campus_update/2002/dec/cu_12_18_02.shtml

Stanford's Experience with Home Educated Applicants
Stanford Magazine, November/December 2000 ~ A wave of homeschoolers has reached the Farm--students with unconventional training and few formal credentials. What have they got that Stanford wants? And how do admission officers spot it?

OFTP response to Private School Funding
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/funding.html

Unsatisfactory Instruction in the Institutional School System
A list of the correspondence and articles that OFTP has received on this topic.
http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/unsatisfactoryinstruction.html

John Taylor Gatto writing on the web
http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Gatto.html

Paul Goodman writing on the web
http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Goodman.html

Ivan Illich writing on the web
http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Illich.html