Month: December 2014
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“I believe that requiring my parents to have more than a high school education would have made a significant difference, as well as requiring a state-certified or licensed professional to evaluate an annual portfolio. It was far too easy to outright lie in the portfolios we submitted to our umbrella school.”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“Standardized testing isn’t enough. I performed well on those tests, but still received a substandard education. Parents should be required to submit curriculum plans to the local district every year, and they should also be required to adhere to certain basic academic standards. School district officials should also be trained to recognize signs of abuse in homeschool families.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Oversight of my home education would have given me someone to see the severe authoritarian parenting happening in our home. The beatings that were handed to us daily as obedience to god. Maybe an agency of oversight would have missed the abuse. But I can tell you that not having anyone really paying attention to my education cost me years of having to make it up.”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
“If my parents were required to show some sort of portfolio, they would have needed to make sure that there were books, and show progression through grades (even if the progression was at an individual pace). They would have also needed to obtain and evaluate school work from us.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Homeschooling students who, like me, are privileged to have the skills necessary to fill in the gaps in our education can often bounce back from sub-standard educations. But others, like my brothers, who lack these skills will forever pay the price. The costs of the lack of oversight are borne by the most vulnerable.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Updated on May 19, 2020 by Chelsea McCracken
This post summarizes our research review, which provides a critical analysis of Pennings et al. (2011, 2012). Click HERE to read a more in-depth version of the arguments presented. In 2011 and 2012, the Canadian Christian think tank Cardus… Read More
Month: December 2014
Samantha Field: “It was far too easy to outright lie”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“I believe that requiring my parents to have more than a high school education would have made a significant difference, as well as requiring a state-certified or licensed professional to evaluate an annual portfolio. It was far too easy to outright lie in the portfolios we submitted to our umbrella school.”
Category: Florida, New Mexico, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Florida, negative testimonial, New Mexico, testimonial
Sarah Jones: “I’ve been lucky”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“Standardized testing isn’t enough. I performed well on those tests, but still received a substandard education. Parents should be required to submit curriculum plans to the local district every year, and they should also be required to adhere to certain basic academic standards. School district officials should also be trained to recognize signs of abuse in homeschool families.”
Category: North Carolina, Testimonial, Virginia Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, North Carolina, testimonial, Virginia
Bethany Brittain: “It didn’t take long for me to lose my excitement”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Oversight of my home education would have given me someone to see the severe authoritarian parenting happening in our home. The beatings that were handed to us daily as obedience to god. Maybe an agency of oversight would have missed the abuse. But I can tell you that not having anyone really paying attention to my education cost me years of having to make it up.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, California, negative testimonial, testimonial
Sarah Henderson: “We did not wish to be home schooled”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
“If my parents were required to show some sort of portfolio, they would have needed to make sure that there were books, and show progression through grades (even if the progression was at an individual pace). They would have also needed to obtain and evaluate school work from us.”
Category: Canada, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Canada, negative testimonial, testimonial
Jane Smith: “I am haunted by the question of what might have been different”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Homeschooling students who, like me, are privileged to have the skills necessary to fill in the gaps in our education can often bounce back from sub-standard educations. But others, like my brothers, who lack these skills will forever pay the price. The costs of the lack of oversight are borne by the most vulnerable.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, mixed experience, Oklahoma, pennsylvania, testimonial
Cynthia Jeub: “I wasn’t really taught anything after I was ten years old”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Colorado, educational neglect, Minnesota, negative testimonial, testimonial
Opacity in Data Reporting: A Look at Cardus (2011, 2012)
Updated on May 19, 2020 by Chelsea McCracken
This post summarizes our research review, which provides a critical analysis of Pennings et al. (2011, 2012). Click HERE to read a more in-depth version of the arguments presented. In 2011 and 2012, the Canadian Christian think tank Cardus… Read More
Category: Blog, Research Tags: Cardus, reviews