Homeschooling Works
New College Scholarship Guidelines for Homeschool Graduates!
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) passed new scholarship eligibility guidelines on July 14, 2009. Homeschooled applicants for the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program may now submit SAT scores of 900 and above and ACT scores of 19 and above as an alternative to a homeschool GPA.
New Nationwide Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement
Homeschoolers Beat National Average Act
Washington Times Op-ed—Outstanding Results on National Tests
Homeschool Robotics Team Wins World Championship
A team of seven homeschooled high schoolers swept the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, taking home a Winning Alliance Team trophy and the Amaze Award (awarded by the judges to a team whose uniqueness sets it apart from all other award categories).
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"Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools." Thomas Alva Edison (former home school student) |
