by israelwayne | Jun 22, 2023 | Articles
(This article was first published in Home School Digest magazine in 2011.) Dropping the Baton — Homeschooling in Crisis By Israel Wayne For over 30 years now, I have watched the homeschooling movement develop and emerge. There have been many obstacles and much...
by israelwayne | May 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Every day on social media, I see some variation of the same theme. Moms are in a panic because they presume they wasted money on the “wrong curriculum.” “My son, Johnny, is 11 years old. He hates math. I bought Saxon, and he hated it. Then we tried Teaching Textbooks,...
by israelwayne | Jun 3, 2022 | Articles
Is Homeschooling Elitist? Over the many years that I’ve been involved in the home education movement, I have heard the accusation, on occasion, that homeschooling is elitist or separationist. Is that true? Do people home educate their children because they believe...
by israelwayne | Aug 28, 2018 | Articles
Somedays you catch a glimpse of encouragement that makes your heart sing in this mothering journey. I had two today. The first was a line from a facebook blogger friend of mine, who wrote: “You moms just trying to survive: trust me, today’s exhaustion will bear fruit...
by israelwayne | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles
“I could never homeschool my children. I don’t have enough patience. I couldn’t stand to have them around me that much!” Have you ever heard that line? What about: “I can’t wait for the school year to start! It will be such a relief to have the children back in...
