With tuition rates rising an average of 3.5% every year, the average undergraduate now finishes their degree with over $37,000 in student debt. Scholarships are one of the best ways to reduce these growing costs.
The path to college for homeschool students requires a little more preparation than your average road trip. Ideally, the journey starts in junior high by taking advanced math, science and language arts. Also essential are good grades beginning in ninth grade. In junior year, it’s time to put it into high gear and pay attention to the road ahead. Whether college is a familiar destination or completely unchartered territory for your family, here are 30 road signs that point the way to college for homeschool students.
If you notice your home school graduate acting, talking or even walking differently, there’s a perfectly good explanation. They are entering a new stage of life called emerging adulthood. But, what does that even look like?
Everywhere in our culture, we are being fed the line that dads don’t matter. But dads have power. Great power. Generational power.
Here are three fun ways to involve Dad (or Mom if Dad is the primary teacher) in your home school planning.
Everything a grandparent needs to know about homeschooling their grandchildren.
We all deal with feelings of anger and frustration at times. While these feelings are normal, it is important to help our children appropriately respond to these feelings. Perhaps you never thought about working together on this issue. After all, you’re the parent and they’re the children! But, parents and kids can work as a team to come up with strategies for these situations.
Ubiquitous digital screens are a defining feature of our era. Movies, television, desktops, laptops, pads and tablets, cell phones, readers and gaming devices … many of us spend hours a day in front of a glowing blue screen. We work, play and depend on them for socialization and relaxation. The total amount of screen time for kids each day—an average of 6.5 hours—has more than doubled in the last 20 years.
Speaking from years of experience with Texas Child Protective Services (CPS), THSC’s special counsel for CPS Investigations walks you through handling CPS’ unwarranted intrusion into your homeschooling family.