Homeschool Fever

This book contains articles collected from the Home Education Magazine from 1984 to 1994. Since homeschooling was just becoming “legal” during this time (legality in all 50 stages didn’t happen until 1989!), these folks were the pioneers of the modern day homeschooling movement. The articles / essays are grouped into categories such as “Teaching and Learning”, “Subjects”, and even “Personal Experiences”. Over 31 authors are represented, including John Holt (the father of the unschooling movement), Linda Dobson, and John Taylor Gatto (NY City Teacher of the Year 1989-91, NY State Teacher of the Year 1991). I loved the insight provided by these homeschoolers, and found it humorous to hear one author mention Saxon (today’s most popular math textbook curriculum) as the “new comer on the block”!