John H. Zurn
Homeschooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling: On Teaching Your Child to be Successful
The federal government conducts National Household Education Surveys every three to four years that focus on a variety of subjects, including homeschooling. In the 2023 survey, the top three reasons parents chose to homeschool their children were: A concern for the...
Homeschooling and Success Traits
By all estimates, homeschooling has gone through considerable growth in the past decade. At least some of this is due to the impact of Covid beginning in 2019 in which many schools closed due the scare of virus exposure. But according to the National Home...
Defining Success Traits in the Homeschool
Homeschool parents need to think hard about how they define success for their children. Is it to become the best in their field? ....the top scholar? ....the wealthiest individual? ....the one with the finest collection of cars? Or, is success more nuanced?...
Blogs on Homeschooling
How Homeschool Families Might Implement a Trait for Success: Courage
If you asked a homeschool parent about important things to teach your children, courage might not make the list. But being an observer of daily courage is the largest risk you take in removing your child from the social setting of school. The courage to stand apart,...
How Homeschool Families Might Implement a Trait for Success: Focus
Children are self-motivated learners as seen in their relentless determination to walk and then to talk. But not all children thrive within the competitive pressures of an academic school program. Homeschooling can be a significant way to allow children a...
How Homeschool Families Might Implement a Trait for Success- Organization
The start of the school year is the best time to go over organizational routines. Children need to understand that organization never guarantees success, but it is the first place to look when a child or adult struggles. Many problems can be resolved simply...
Traits for Success
The Case for Character Education in American Schools
