Life Education And Resource Network

General Homeschooling Information and miscellaneous links:

A to Z's Home's Cool - Very thorough set of original articles by Ann Zeise and others, links, jokes, everything about homeschooling, including links to articles by homeschool critics; check out the "what's new" link near the bottom right, which changes almost daily.

About.com has a long list of resources.

Home Education Magazine's free downloadable booklet on how to get started homeschooling, plus a couple of other free resources

Homeschooling terminology for newcomers who get confused by the jargon. :-)

E-mail lists for online support. A great variety of special interest groups, based on style of homeschooling, religion, philosophy, ethnicity--you need it, it's probably here! For Indiana homeschoolers who want to talk ONLY about homeschooling (not recipes or religion or politics, etc.), try IndianaHSonly@yahoogroups.com. This moderated list may be for you!

Homeschool Social Register is a NEW website that helps you find support in your geographic area. Only registered users can access the personal profiles; and personal profiles contain only the first name of the parent (or a pseudonym) and only as much information about the family as the parent wishes to give. 

Family Unschoolers Network. Homeschooling from the relaxed, "unschooling" point of view.

Jon's Homeschool Resource Page - links to some of the best essays on homeschooling, and links to Moslem, pagan, Catholic, Unitarian, and other special interest group homeschoolers.

Learning Better at Home--a major study in the United Kingdom reports that regardless of social class of the parents, home educated students (especially the ones who have never had their home life "disrupted" by going to a regular school) do better than their traditionally schooled peers. University of Durham research study--randomly selected homeschooling families used in the study.

The Natural Child Project - A beautiful site about homeschooling as part of attachment parenting. Many links; articles on homeschooling and kindness in childrearing; monthly awards to sites with related topics.

School is Dead; Learn in Freedom - A radical site with some of the best homeschool-to-college information on the web.

Typical Course of Study - by World Book by grade

Tips for getting into college including information on when to do which tasks when looking for scholarships, admission to your first choice college, what documenation you will need, etc.