In Education in the Free Market Spunky makes the point that "The public schools don't function like the rest of the free market so they will never see the parent as the consumer." Parents don't have choices on which public school to send their children to, and if they want to shop somewhere else, the government still takes their money. "Any other business that did this would be called a thief or an extortionist." Can you imagine being told that you had to buy your food at a certain store? Or even worse, if the store you had to shop at got to pick what they sold you?
The Thinking Mother writes about a New Free Online Homeschooling Magazine and a Tween Magazine, Too. If you wanted to write for a new market you might want to check out these two magazines: HS Highlights and Tween Mag.
Susan of Corn and Oil found an interesting response from public schools to losing students in Teacher Home Visits for Bounty (goodies in the classroom). Rather than work on improving the school, the administrators are giving teachers a reward for talking parents into sending their children back to public school.
In Guilt-Free Homeschooling Carolyn explains how to Redeem a Disaster Day. We all have bad days. Carolyn explores how to minimize the negatives and accentuate the positive.
One of the few reminding criticisms of homeschooling is that the parents can't be "qualified." But after I read articles like Andrew Wolf's Why We're Losing Ground I think to myself most people don't know what they are talking about. He talks about some of the tests public schools teachers have to take, but that so few teachers can pass.
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