Home Schooling is facing new legislative initiatives to control when and how parents can home school their children. Some states have passed legislation requiring that students be home schooled by a certified teacher. Other states are making more hurdles that must be jumped before a parent can choose home schooling. Is this to help protect the student?
"I think children from a home school environment should be put under the microscope and the state should be MORE involved with their learning process."
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (Gear Up), is a federal initiative established in 1998 intended to encourage the pursuit of undergraduate degrees by providing funds to support parents and students as the student prepares for attending college. The program funding awards focus on lower income areas, but the goal and model could be adopted anywhere. The adaptation of a college culture mindset is an important point because I have found, from working with students and parents, that misunderstanding the complexities of navigating through high school graduation requirements, testing, college admission processes, costs, financial aid, college expectations, and academic success issues is universal.
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