• Colleges & Common Core: we interview college admissions officers to find out if they now (or in the future) will require applicants to have used Common Core-aligned curriculum.
• Here's a new "top trend" you might have missed: the Maker's Movement might be just the way to motivate your academically reluctant, hands-on kid.
• If you can teach your child 5 notes, this article explains how they can now play 5 songs.
• Homeschoolers tackle the Science Olympiad team competition!
• Meet the homeschooler who has become Illinois State's youngest graduate ever.
• Homeschool grad reflects on homeschooling "then" . . . and now.

• Lawyer Antony Kolenc shares the research that PROVES homeschooling is a "fundamental" parental right.
• Bess Wuertz knows Montessori materials are EXPENSIVE. So she explains how to make or purchase yours for much, much less.
• Michele Lee gives us the skinny on phonics apps that are hot . . . and not.
• Melissa Morgan lays down steps for how to get your preschooler ready for classical education.
• Dr. Kuni Beasley explains how to tell if college is the right - or wrong - choice for your child.
• From best-selling author Janice VanCleave: some simple Spring science activities and facts.
• Anne Wegener reminds us that homeschooling is so much more than a "one-room schoolhouse."

• The new SAT: what to expect.
• Massive privacy-invading database for schoolkids faces a setback.
• Are schools literally DRUGGING kids to increase test scores?

• A series of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROM from a prestigious British university explores the influence of Christianity on culture
• A Child's Geography

• How to turn your child's smart phone into a learning tool
• How to teach your homeschooled kids to become more independent
• Art mixed with science
• Music education made fun for little kids

• Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
• Envelope Gallery of kids' art
• Ads with special offers

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