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If the colleges were better, if they really had it, you would need to get the police at the gates to keep order in the inrushing multitude. See in college how we thwart the natural love of learning by leaving the natural method of teaching what each wishes to learn, and insisting that you shall learn what you have no taste or capacity for. The college, which should be a place of delightful labor, is made odious and unhealthy, and the young men are tempted to frivolous amusements to rally their jaded spirits. I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the attractions the study has for himself. The marking is a system for schools, not for the college; for boys, not for men; and it is an ungracious work to put on a professor. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The American Homeschool Association is a network of homeschoolers working to support homeschooling: A point of contact for information, resources and encouragement.

The American Homeschool Association sponsors three active email discussion lists, including AHA-Discussion for general topics of interest to homeschoolers, AHA-Libraries for networking between homeschoolers and public library contacts, and AHA-PoliticalAction for discussion of issues that impact homeschooling freedoms.

The American Homeschool Association web site provides links to interviews with many homeschooling personalities, a collection of political action columns from Home Education Magazine by Larry and Susan Kaseman, the AHA's History of Homeschooling series by various authors, and a lengthy collection of helpful and informative articles, columns, essays, editorials, FAQs and other formats which showcase the best writing on a wide variety of topics of interest to homeschoolers.

The American Homeschool Association's resource pages direct homeschoolers to helpful books, magazines, newsletters, websites and more. Listings show how to contact other homeschoolers through support groups, organizations, or online networks. And finally, a unique page of favorite quotes and excerpts on homeschooling, children, learning, and families highlights the perspective of the American Homeschool Association.

If you're searching for information about homeschooling - whether you're a concerned parent, a media writer, an academic researcher, an education professional, or already a homeschooler - check out the excellent collection of information and resources offered at the American Homeschool Association web site: http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org/.

The American Homeschool Association sponsors three active email discussion lists, including AHA-Discussion for general topics of interest to homeschoolers, AHA-Libraries for networking between homeschoolers and public library contacts, and AHA-PoliticalAction for discussion of issues that impact homeschooling freedoms.

The American Homeschool Association web site provides links to interviews with many homeschooling personalities, a collection of political action columns from Home Education Magazine by Larry and Susan Kaseman, the AHA's History of Homeschooling series by various authors, and a lengthy collection of helpful and informative articles, columns, essays, editorials, FAQs and other formats which showcase the best writing on a wide variety of topics of interest to homeschoolers.

The American Homeschool Association's resource pages direct homeschoolers to helpful books, magazines, newsletters, websites and more. Listings show how to contact other homeschoolers through support groups, organizations, or online networks. And finally, a unique page of favorite quotes and excerpts on homeschooling, children, learning, and families highlights the perspective of the American Homeschool Association.

If you're searching for information about homeschooling - whether you're a concerned parent, a media writer, an academic researcher, an education professional, or already a homeschooler - check out the excellent collection of information and resources offered at the American Homeschool Association web site: http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org/.

The sponsors of this list support the "We Stand for Homeschooling" effort: http://www.westandforhomeschooling.org/.

This list encourages participants to understand the importance of this issue and why it is imperative to broaden that understanding within the homeschooling community.

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It is becoming painfully obvious to hundreds of thousands of parents that a monolithic, government run and taxpayer funded (GRTF) system of education is NOT the only (and in most cases not the best) form of education. Learning can happen anywhere, any time and be guided by anyone. (The only national organization I know of that decries this idea is the NEA. Check out their resolution on homeschoolers to guage their contempt for parent-guided education!)

Parents who are beginning to think for themselves are concluding that cramming children of the same age into small rooms to be "taught" by unchosen teachers for up to 8 hours a day may NOT be the best way for many children to learn. The Alternative Educators' Network was founded to help parents explore the options -- the alternatives -- and point them in directions that will help them become more confident in their own abilities as a teacher -- part of what parenting is all about.

For more information, visit http://www.altednet.org/.

This Yahoo group is only one aspect of a bigger picture. http://www.alternative-learning.org/ website. The web site links Natural Learning people, and support groups together from all over the world, by map. It also provides News, articles, research and many other useful resources. While there, click "Latest Information", to see updates for all parts of the website.

To have your subscription to this group approved, you are requested to send a brief post to; AltlearnMapNetwork-owner@yahoogroups.com, including your name, where you live and a little about yourself and the learning environment you provide your children. Also please state why you would like to join this group. This will likely not fit in Yahoo's comment, so please just send an email post. Thank you, Moderator AMN

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This list is to organize and work toward the ultimate goal of repealing all compulsory education laws in all 50 states, so parents can live without fear of the state, reclaim their children and preserve their legitimate right to and responsibility for their children.

Compulsory education pre-empts ALL parents, and enables states to:

• separate children from their parents five days a week, Monday to Friday
• define what every child should learn regardless of the values of the parents
• institute the state's educational concept by force using truant officers, juvenile courts, jail time and child protective services to induce fear in parents.

True freedom for ALL parents, can only be achieved through total ABOLITION of ALL "compulsory education" statutes in all 50 states.

For more information, visit http://nhen.org/.

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This list is sponsored by the Center for Urban Education of the School of Education of Pace University (NY), and by the Executive Board of the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling, and its Human Relations Committee.

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As this is a non-partisan group, we avoid hot-button political issues. Many of these issues are relevant to homeschooling, but we don't want flamewars here. This is not a list for chatting, so members are requested to remain on topic.

If you've got questions, you've come to the right place to ask and help to answer others questions that have been asked.

Although CHASE SC, http://www.chasesc.com is a South Carolina association our free online resources help many homeschoolers around the globe. Therefore, this email group is open to homeschoolers everywhere!

There are many associations in South Carolina that strive to aid all homeschoolers; we thank those that belong to The Society for the many volunteer hours they provide to South Carolina homeschoolers, and to all the homeschoolers worldwide.

Typical subjects might include notifications of URL changes, tips and hints for building and maintaining a homeschooling website, how to market your website, affiliate relationships, building communities through newsletters and mail list, and more.

Freedom of speech rules on this list, and you. this is a list for independent home-educators. It's for parents who have taken responsibility for their children's education regardless of learning/teaching methods or style.

Nothing is off topic here if it relates to independent home-education. This is a place for folks to connect with others of like mind. This list does not recognize charter schoolers or other alternative public schoolers as home-educators and you will not be treated as one.

For more information, visit http://wnla.tripod.com/nationalindependenthomeeducationnetwork/.

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"K-12 education has morphed as a field. So many of the old 'movements' have shattered and regrouped into smaller niches. . . old political alliances have broken down into a range of perspectives. A 'liberal' today might be for charter schools or against them, for test-based accountability or not. And 'conservatives' might favor a federal role in raising standards or oppose it. In short, the national dialogue has fragmented..."

Parent-Directed Education is our collaboration as THINKING PARENTS! Browse our quirky thinking resources here and visit "Cocking a Snook!" our new blog. PDE emphasizes networking and connections -- between ideas, events and trends; schooling and unschooling, public and private, traditional and alternative, tutors, mentors, libraries, camps, you name it! Parent-directed education centers on informed individual choices by empowered and thinking parents.

"Although many families still send their children to neighborhood schools, educators say increasing numbers of parents are weighing alternatives. Parents now have more choices than ever before."

"Ironically, just when some reporters are losing touch with their true subjects - children - many parents are becoming more curious about what exactly is happening in the classroom. . .such stories don t lend themselves to simple answers, and so are too often missed . . ." (Columbia Journalism Review, "How Are The Kids?" 2005)

For more information, visit www.parentdirectededucation.org.

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We will call, write, fax, and email our support to all legislators to stand for the continued right to homeschool; to protect our current rights as homeschoolers; and to gain further freedom only when it will not come at a cost. This group is inclusive and tolerant of all homeschoolers in the homeschooling community, we will fight for ALL homeschoolers right to homeschool.