Resource: John Taylor Gatto

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/

If you have never read any of his books such as 'Dumbing us Down' or 'The Underground History of American Education' they are extremely eye-opening and while he does not specifically advocate homeschooling he does advocate a change in the way we teach our children and the failure of the 'school system' so read through his site, read some of his essays, read the History Tour link and find out who and what was really behind the American Education system....you can find interesting things by 'googling' him also but this is his website. And just FYI for those that do not know he was Teacher of the Year in New York City as well as New York State so he knows about mass education and is not some professor hiding in his classroom speaking about the subject he actually speaks from experience here is a link to his information on the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto

As always I hope this enhances your homeschool experience and have fun homeschooling!--Tabbi