by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 15, 2014 | Public School
Question: Should I let my child go to a public school? We've decided to homeschool this year, but my daughter is hearing all about school from her friends. Now she wants to go. What are my options or, better yet, is there a way to change her mind? Answer: Yes, but you...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 15, 2014 | Government, Public School
Utah proudly claims to be the reddest state in the union — meaning that we like to think we are more conservative than anyone on earth. But we're not. We're not much different, collectively, than the nearest progressive, voting in favor of more and more stuff that we...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 31, 2013 | Homeschool Startup, Public School
The Big Getting-Ready-to-Homeschool Question Well over a decade ago, when we lived in Florida, a friend (whose kids were in public school) called in desperation. Two of them were tanking in school and, given the environment, feeling worse and worse with each passing...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 23, 2013 | Public School
#1 Teaching Kids is Easy Keeping young kids quiet, sitting at a desk, for seven hours a day, 180 days per year is hard. Teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic is easy. People who tell you otherwise about the general population are lying to protect their jobs....
