These are resources which may be of interest or help to home educators. PHEA does not endorse any particular resource. If you find any of these addresses or contacts have changed, we would appreciate any updates.
Email: HomeEdLinks@phea.net
Here are some addresses that have very helpful message boards
and lots of links on homeschooling in general.
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/
http://www.unschooling.com/
http://www.nhen.org/
http://dmoz.org click on education
http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/
For PA specific information, these sites have articles, downloadable documents
including copies of the PA homeschool law.
http://members.truevine.net/pilgrimspage%40truevine.net/Home_Education.htm
http://www.catholichomeschoolpa.org/
This school is supportive of ALL methods of home education:
Upattinas School & Resource Center
429 Greenridge Rd.
Glenmoore, PA 19343
610-458-5138
http://www.upattinas.org/
Very good curriculum resource:
Cable In the Classroom
http://www.ciconline.org/
For information regarding House Bill #2560 - the bill that was designed to
promote freedom in home education. You will find the testimonies of the people
who testified in the June 13, 2002 House Education Committee hearing as well
as a listing of those supporting freedom for home education.
http://members.truevine.net/pilgrimspage@truevine.net/Home_Ed_Bill.htm
For homeschoolers wishing to find others in their area or just wanting to
make some new friends, I suggest the following home education email
list.
PAUnschoolers group - Kristen Seitz
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PA-Unschoolers
Very friendly group focusing on relaxed /eclectic / unschooling. Lots of
helpful folks.
Some interesting PA tidbits:
http://www.mainstream.net/nhpolitics/pa.html
These are two articles that give a great perspective on the "history of
modern homeschooling". One is Homeschool Freedoms At Risk (HSFAR) and
can be found on the Home Education Magazine site:
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/
The other is The History of Homeschooling by Cheryl Seelhoff and can be found
in the archives
on the Gentle Spirit site:
http://www.gentlespirit.com/
Sarah Pearce is the PDE contact for Home Ed
Sarah J. Pearce
Advisor School Services Unit
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126
Telephone: 717-783-6610
E-mail: spearce@state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/pde_internet/site/default.asp
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/home_education/site/default.asp
For information on high stakes testing:
http://www.fairtest.org/
Students Against Testing (SAT) is a nationwide network of young people who
resist
high stakes standardized testing and support real-life learning.
www.nomoretests.com
This site has many links for home educating and Special Needs:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/special.html
Some suggested reading.
The Bible, Homeschooling and the Law by Karl Reed (excellent chapters
on the history of PA Homeschool law!)
The Homeschooling Book of Answers : The 88 Most Important Questions Answered
by Homeschooling's Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson
The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting
Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson (Paperback)
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: 101 Important Questions Answered by
Homeschooling's Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson
Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling
the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child by Linda Dobson (Paperback)
The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family Community and Self by Linda Dobson
The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas by Linda Dobson
The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith
Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition) by Mary Griffith,
Taking Charge Through Home Schooling: Personal and Political Empowerment
by Larry M. Kaseman, Susan D. Kaseman
The Home School Primer: An Introduction to Family Learning
by Mark Hegner, Helen Hegner
How Children Learn by John Caldwell Holt
How Children Fail by John Caldwell Holt
Learning All the Time by John Caldwell Holt
Teach Your Own by John Caldwell Holt
What Do I Do Monday? by John Caldwell Holt
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without
School
by Grace Llewellyn,
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and
Education
by Grace Llewellyn
Freedom Challenge: African American Homeschoolers by Grace Llewellyn
Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School by Grace Llewellyn
The Homeschooler's Guide to Portfolios and Transcripts by Loretta Heuer
And What About College?: How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the
Best Colleges & Universities by Cafi Cohen
Homeschooling: The Teen Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully
Homeschooling
the 13- To 18-Year Old by Cafi Cohen
Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to
18-Year-Old for a Smooth Transition by Cafi Cohen, Linda Dobson
Carschooling by Diane Flynn Keith
Fundamentals of Homeschooling by Ann Lahrson-Fisher
The Homeschool Source Book by Donn & Jean Reed