Today, an estimated 3 million students are homeschooled in the United States, a growth from the 850,000 who were homeschooled in 1998 (Lips & Fienberg 2009). As more and more families join the... Read more >>

Should I send my child to public or private school? It’s a question many parents grapple with. I know, as my kids neared the end of preschool, my husband and I sure did ... Should we keep... Read more >>

Make a list of what you want your child’s education to accomplish for him or her and your family. Here is my example list for my oldest daughter: Educationally rigorous in order to... Read more >>

These days, I often hear parents lamenting the cost of the private schools they desperately want their children to attend. Many have scrimped and saved for years but, with the state of the economy,... Read more >>

To pay or not to pay, that is the question. Choosing to send your child to a private school will obviously cost lots of money, while sending them to public schools will not cost you a cent.... Read more >>

In the middle of my seventh grade year, due to financial reasons, my family and I moved back to Middleburg, and my mother decided she wanted me to attend my old private school. I was nervous and... Read more >>

The world of private school is a very unusual world. I’m not talking about Gossip Girl–style antics with rich kids running around in limos with no parental supervision, getting drunk and... Read more >>

When I was a kid, my public elementary school’s cafeteria was about as exciting as a typical fast-food joint on the side of a freeway. (Actually, scratch that—it didn’t serve... Read more >>

Every college has different rules and different names for dual enrollment programs but they are prevalent throughout the nation. Some colleges offer several hours of tuition free classes and cut the... Read more >>

Do parents have a constitutional right to homeschool their children? Not according to a California District Court judge, who recently ruled that a child must be schooled “by a person holding a... Read more >>