When students of the Greensburg, Pennsylvania, chapter of Catholic Schoolhouse don costumes for an event at St. Emma Monastery at the end of October, it’s not the typical Halloween party with superhero and fairytale outfits. “It’s wonderful for people to have a
According to the National Home Education Research Institute, the number of U.S. home-school students in grades kindergarten to 12 grew from 2.5 million in spring 2019 to 3.1 million, or roughly 6% of school-age children, in the 2021-2022 school year.
"The homeschool population
A new documentary about the Duggar family of “19 Kids and Counting” fame offers a stark warning for celebrity Catholic evangelists, writes Leticia Ochoa Adams. Too often, as high-profile Christians gain popularity, their ministries become more about themselves and less about leading
Home schooling was not something the Ring family in Beloit set out to do long term. "It happened by accident," is how Amanda Ring, the mother, explained it.
And now, amid COVID-19 restrictions, they find they are part of an expanding group, although
While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has varied greatly in communities nationwide, it is apparent that some residual impacts of the virus will be felt universally for years to come. For many families, the entree into formal distance learning or a
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw defends home-schooling families against recent criticisms, writing that parents “knew very well what they were doing and had excellent reasons for doing it.” Some of these reasons include “reinforcing parent-child