Content of HEIR Briefing Book

HOMESCHOOL REFERENCE MATERIALS

HEIR presented the House Education Committee with a three ring binder containing a selection of materials about homeschooling, including magazine and newspaper articles, content from websites, pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, etc. The book was organized into "chapters". What we've presented here is simply a listing of the contents. For more information, contact HEIR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS GUIDE

HEIR

Information about HEIR
HEIR's Opinion Poll
HEIR's Homeschooler Survey Results
Homeschooling Numbers in Georgia
Common Misconceptions Corrected by Georgia Homeschoolers

Law and Policy: General Assembly - Department of Education - Board of Regents

Texas State Legislature Resolution on Home Education
Introduction to Georgia's Current Home School Law
Truancy Issues: Unofficial Opinion by Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia
Implementation and Enforcement of Home School Code: Memorandum of the Fulton County Board of Education
Acceptance of Student Course Credit: Georgia Board of Education
Official and Unofficial State Home School Report Forms
University System of Georgia Admissions Issues: New Stringent Requirements for Admission to State Schools
How the SAT II Cut Scores Will Be Set
Hope Scholarship Issue
Joint Enrollment Issue
Joint Enrollment Policy for Public Students

Frequently Asked Questions

John Holt Answers Teachers' Questions
Summary of Home School Philosophy
Home Education: Is It Working? Academic Achievement, Socialization
Department of Education on Home Schooling and Socialization, "ERIC Digest"
African-American Home Schoolers
Methodologies and Curricula, Living as Learning: Three Basic Approaches to Home Education
Innovative Academics: Alternative Ways of Learning Foreign Languages and Chemistry

College and Career

Home Education, College Admission, and Financial Aid: Alternative Methods of Assessment for Home Schooled Students
Recommended Admission Policy
Tapping Many Intelligences , Howard Gardner: Beyond the SAT
More Colleges Welcome Home Schoolers, "Home School Court Report"
Accounts of Home Schoolers in College from College Admissions Officers
372 Colleges that Accept Home Schoolers
Admission Policy Samples, Oglethorpe University, Thomas Aquinas
From Homespun to Harvard, "Newsweek"
College Successes
What Are Grown-Up Homeschoolers Doing?
Home School Hall of Fame: Famous People Who Were Taught at Home by Their Parents

Community Interaction

For some, 'homeschooling' rings a bell The Atlanta Journal/ Constitution:
"Homeschool" doesn't just happen at home.
Sampling of Atlanta Area Home Schoolers' Involvements with Community and Professional Organizations
Home-schooler has the last word: First Prize in the National Spelling Bee
Apprenticeships and Volunteer Experiences
Home School Sports League Leads to 1996 Yankee Draft
Teen Page in Local Home Schooling Newsletter
DeKalb College Fills Need in Homeschool Community: Computer Class Designed for Homeschoolers
Second Generation Homeschooler: Learning in the Community
Kids and Teens Form Their Own Clubs and Groups

Resources

Apprenticeship Resources
Samples of Catalogs: Curriculum, Lab Equipment, etc.
Independent High School Study/Diploma Options
Support Groups: Nearly 200 Across the State
Example of What Support Groups Do: Typical Goals and Activities
Example of One State Support Group's Newsletter
Curriculum Fairs
Websites

List of Sources

Appendix:

Current Georgia Home School Law