Homeschool World: News: What's in Practical Homeschooling #110?

What's in Practical Homeschooling #110?

PHS 110

FEATURES

Follow the Money to the Common Core: Who is paying to produce it and promote it?
CSCOPE, Part 2: Is this dreadful Texas program REALLY dead?
Databases & Dossiers: Why and how is the government ignoring our traditional laws about privacy for schoolkids' records?
The 5 reasons schools are OK with not teaching every child to read. (And top phonics programs for teaching YOURS at home!)
17 top tips for scheduling your homeschool day... and year
What homeschoolers can learn from the country that is #1 worldwide in academics
5 new educational trends you should know about
Answers to more top questions new homeschoolers ask
Where to find the online ballot for the 2014 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards

COLUMNS

Melissa Morgan shows you how to make a unit study for your preschooler.
Dr. Kuni Beasley reveals 15 colleges your child can attend for FREE!
From best-selling author Janice VanCleave: 8 short units to get your kids thinking about science.
Our classical columnist, Dr. Bruce McMenomy, shows how learning a second language can get you thinking in "3-D."
Education expert Sam Blumenfeld explains how & why schools create dyslexia.
Anne Wegener shows how to break out of a rut with special homeschool days.

NEWS

14-year-old homeschooler graduates from COLLEGE. As does a 17-year-old homeschooler (his degree was in Molecular Biology).
Would you like to receive Educator Discounts at all sorts of stores? Read our article on how to do this.
New ONLINE course for beginning sailors.
Higher Education market "by the numbers." Some surprises!

SPOTLIGHT REVIEW

Super series of how-to-sew videos. Bonus: They can be used to start your own sewing classes!
A great literacy toolkit for struggling readers
A goofy way to visualize world geography... that really works!

REVIEWS

Inspiration for "activity days"
A course in how to help your son become a man
A really great book of projects (that could help tempt a reluctant student into WANTING to learn)
For non-artistic parents: help with teaching art at home
Make your own artisan paper!
Science experiments with... candy

PLUS...