Homeschool World: News: What's in Practical Homeschooling #83?

What's in Practical Homeschooling #83?

PHS 83

FEATURES

Nominate your favorite homeschool products, to be voted on in the upcoming 2009 Reader Awards
Is the entire US middle class being outsourced? And what do our kids have to know in order to compete globally?
Homeschooler Bethany Hamilton is a dedicated surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack. Find out how this champion used her loss to become an inspiration to others.
How to pick the best college (really specific advice)
How important is playtime?
How a homeschool mom got The College Board to accredit the AP course she designed for her children

COLUMNS

Mary Pride explains how to prevent your children from joining the "tubeoisee"
New columnist Don Aslett, the world's #1 cleaning expert, shares inside tips on how to get kids motivated to clean up their mess
Homeschool author Joyce McPherson shows how to turbocharge your spelling bee
50 nature study tips, all on a budget, by Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring
M.I.T. graduate (and Ph.D. mathematics candidate) Bill Pride unveils the sneaky success of high-school statistics courses
History expert Sam Blumenfeld sheds light on the American two-party political system
Homeschool author and speaker Shelley Noonan shares the joy of afternoon tea
Jeannette Webb, recipient of the Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher Award and expert at getting kids into top colleges, lays out her tips for pre-college standardized testing

NEWS

California's shocking move to prevent kids who take courses using Christian textbooks from attending state colleges
Ethics -- for today's high-school students, it's how low can you go
A public-school teacher who couldn't read, but taught for 17 years
Source for free national standards portfolio pages
What do parents REALLY want school to do more? Surprising answer!
National autism screenings -- our take
Competition for college entrance -- up or down?

SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS

MORE REVIEWS

This book makes coin collecting cool AND organized
A book on how "cool stuff" works
Remember the old Landmark historical biographies? They're baaack... from this publisher
A book about great things to do outdoors with kids
A new book on old Roman culture
THE book for answering the question "What about socialization?"
Mary Pride reviews her favorite six college guides

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

A program with 160 interactive guitar lessons
This program guides your child through writing his or her own small book... which can be professionally printed for $9.99
The "basic" level of Math Blaster
Charlie Brown and the gang play ball

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