Homeschool families have a new resource available to practice and teach biblical financial stewardship. AdelFi Credit Union and Teach Them Diligently are partnering to offer a wide range of banking services and ...
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The Missouri Legislature may have good news for parents who home-school their children or send them to private schools. Several proposals under consideration could expand a scholarship program that pays more than ...
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Missouri state Sen. Ben Brown of Washington has pre-filed a bill that would allow homeschooled students to participate in public school activities. It has been coupled with provisions rolling back state oversight ...
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Before having children, I was a teacher and school administrator, but I’ve been homeschooling until we discerned it was time to work on launching a school. As we contemplated the true purpose ...
Read More »Midwest Parent Educators Graduating Seniors 2022
The 2022 graduating class of Midwest Parent Educators. Julia Aubrey Cameron Barnes Kallie Brown Tanner Casto Lawrence Clark Emerine Cochran Megan Collins Noah Costlow Isaac David Ashley Fields Grace Fineout Sage Friedline ...
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School restrictions and closures during the Covid pandemic continue to fuel a rapid rise in the prevalence of homeschooling. In the spring of 2020, around 5.4 percent of households in the United ...
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Google Chromebook has been dropped from a “Dirty Dozen” list of products or entities that foster sexual exploitation. The move, by an organization that puts pressure on tech companies, came after Google ...
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Students are not the only ones feeling nervous as schools reopen. Many parents also may question themselves as they try homeschooling for the first time. Sam Sorbo offers encouraging words in an ...
Read More »Midwest Parent Educators Graduating Seniors 2021
The 2021 graduating class of Midwest Parent Educators. Ethan Anderson Leanna Axell Daniel Barbosa Jonathan Beers Lilly Collins Amanda Davis Hope De Vincenzi Gracelyn Duncan Jonathan Ellison Drew Flaggard Alexander Gerardy Josephine ...
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Education bills pending in the Missouri Legislature address charter school expansion, public funding of private schools and homeschooling. The effort comes as the state nears banning the New York Times’ uber-controversial 1619 ...
Read More »Survey finds many parents to continue homeschooling after pandemic
Many parents who are homeschooling out of necessity during the pandemic are finding that they actually prefer it. Forty percent of families surveyed are more likely to homeschool or virtual school after ...
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