Topic: Homeschooling

Why New Hampshire lets parents have broad say over children's coursework

A new law in New Hampshire lets parents object to school coursework and request that their children learn alternative material. It may readjust the balance between parents' rights and educators' judgment. 

Election 101: Where the GOP candidates stand on immigration, abortion and other social issues

Social policies are a defining issue in this, or any, Republican race. With the GOP electorate increasingly focused on social issues in recent decades, their leaders' views have shifted in kind. Take a look at where each of the candidates stand. 

5 great books about friendship for tween readers

Five good books about making friends

Steve Jobs: what we can learn from how he lived

Steve Jobs had vision and focus from an early age, and he took courses that piqued his interest – even if they seemed offbeat. Steve Jobs also had an innate sense of a new emerging generation.

Interest rates on student loans: when things get fishy

Interest rates can change when consolidating private and subsidized loans. Be sure to have the consolidation and the interest rates documented. See question No.3 of the Reader Mailbag.

The Eat, Pray, Love effect: Can my family leave it all behind?

Part 7 of a Monitor cover story: Families and travel experts explain how to leave it all behind when the Eat, Pray, Love effect hits.

Reader recommendation: Twenty Chickens for a Saddle

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Hanna: movie review

Trained by her ex-C.I.A. father, teenage Hanna is unleashed on the world even as she explores it.

N.H. case: Can a divorced parent veto home schooling?

The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the case of a father who objected to his ex-wife's choice of home schooling for their child. The case deals partly with religious views.

How parents keep the faith: getting spiritual meaning at home, not church

These parents keep the faith – in Christ – by teaching spiritual meaning in everything from the food they eat to TV commercials.

Germany cracks down on home schooling

Germany and Sweden do not permit home schooling. A German couple has sought asylum in the US to be able to home school their children.

US grants German homeschoolers asylum. Will others follow?

A US judge granted German homeschoolers asylum in January after ruling they faced persecution in Germany, where the practice is punishable with fines or imprisonment. The US Home School Legal Defense Association says other German families are exploring political asylum in the US.

Christopher Paolini on tour

'Family is everything'

An Alabama couple adopted 12 children, nine of whom have special needs.

Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about California education, parent's rights to educate their kids, Serbia's integrity, and oil.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about home schooling and public schooling.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about hydrokinetic projects and home schooling.

Protection for home schooling

A ruling against home schooling reveals a belief that children are mere creatures of the state.

Home-schoolers reel from California court blow

A ruling that parents in the state 'do not have a constitutional right' to home-school their children prompts anger, confusion. Schwarzenegger may ask legislature to intervene.