Heather Carson is a homeschooling mother of eight and lives on a hobby farm. She enjoys teaching her children, writing, gardening, and Saturday dates with her husband of 22 years.
Homeschooled children are educated more effectively than public school students and at a fraction of the cost of public education. Naturally, the government wants to destroy it, with Illinois currently leading the anti-homeschooling mob.
Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why.
Despite opposition from government at every turn, homeschooling has developed into an industry with astounding resources and high-quality results. Contrast the individual educational tailoring of homeschooling versus the government's version of individual care: the IEP label.
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