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Acknowledgments for the First Edition | |
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Acknowledgments for the Revised Edition | |
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What The Well-Trained Mind Does: An Overview | |
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Practical Considerations: Using The The Well-Trained Mind without Losing Your Own | |
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Supplementing Your Child's Education: The Well-Trained Mind and Full-Time School | |
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Prologue: The Story of a Classical Home Education | |
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Uncharted Territory: Jessie | |
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A Personal Look at Classical Education: Susan | |
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The Grammar Stage: Kindergarten Through Fourth Grade | |
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The Parrot Years | |
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Now or Never | |
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How to Teach the Poll-Parrot Stage | |
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Priorities | |
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Unlocking the Doors: The Preschool Years | |
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Preschool: Birth to Three | |
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Kindergarten Years: Four and Five | |
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Resources | |
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Words, Words, Words: Spelling, Grammar, Reading, and Writing | |
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How to Do It | |
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General Instructions for Grades 1 through 4 | |
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Overview of Language Work | |
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Resources | |
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The Joy of Numbers: Math | |
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The Way Children Think | |
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Math Tables: A Defense | |
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How to Do It | |
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Choosing Programs | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Seventy Centuries in Four Years: History and Geography | |
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Seventy Centuries in Four Years | |
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What If You're Starting in the Middle? | |
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How to Do It | |
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Resources | |
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Making Sense of the World: Science | |
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Priorities | |
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Textbooks | |
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How to Do It | |
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Resources | |
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Dead Languages for Live Kids: Latin (and Other Languages Still Living) | |
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Why Latin? | |
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How Does Latin Work? | |
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How to Do It | |
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Schedules | |
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What about Other Languages? | |
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Resources | |
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Electronic Teachers: Using Computers and Videos | |
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Matters of Faith: Religion | |
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Resources | |
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Finer Things: Art and Music | |
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Art | |
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Music | |
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Resources | |
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Part I: Epilogue | |
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The Grammar Stage at a Glance | |
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Notebook Summary, Grades 1 through 4 | |
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Whole Language and Phonics: Whole to Parts versus Parts to Whole | |
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The Logic Stage: Fifth Grade Through Eighth Grade | |
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The Argumentative Child | |
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Building on the Foundation | |
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Logic and the Trivium | |
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Logic in the Curriculum | |
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How to Teach the Logic Stage | |
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Priorities | |
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Snow White Was Irrational: Logic for the Intuitive | |
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How to Do It | |
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For the Logically Challenged | |
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Resources | |
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The Language of Reason: Math | |
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How to Do It: Fifth and Sixth Grades | |
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The Shift to Upper-Level Math | |
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Resources | |
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Why 1492? History and Geography | |
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Organizing the Material | |
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Starting in the Middle (or with More than One) | |
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How to Do It | |
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Resources | |
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Thinking Straight: Spelling, Grammar, Reading, and Writing | |
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How to Do It | |
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Spelling and Word Study | |
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Grammar | |
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Reading | |
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Writing | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Making Deductions: Science | |
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Your Goals | |
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Texts | |
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Schedule | |
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The Notebook | |
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How to Do It | |
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Resources | |
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Looking into Other Worlds: Latin and Languages | |
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Teaching Options | |
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Which Languages? | |
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Which Texts? | |
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When Do I Do It? | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Away with Abusive Fallacies! Religion | |
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Resources | |
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The History of Creativity: Art and Music | |
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Art | |
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Music | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Magic Boxes: Using Computers and Videos | |
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Software | |
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The Internet | |
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Videos | |
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Resources | |
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Moving toward Independence: Logic for Life | |
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Part II: Epilogue | |
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The Logic Stage at a Glance | |
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The Rhetoric Stage: Ninth Grade Through Twelfth Grade | |
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Speaking Your Mind: The Rhetoric Stage | |
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A General Guide to the Rhetoric Stage | |
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The Study of Rhetoric | |
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How to Do It | |
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Debate | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Skill with Words: Grammar and Writing | |
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How to Do It | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Great Books: History and Reading | |
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How to Do It | |
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How to Talk about the Great Books | |
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Writing Projects | |
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What about American Government? | |
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Starting in the Middle | |
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University Sources for Great-Books Curricula | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Comfort with Numbers: Math | |
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Possible Sequences | |
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Outside Help | |
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Advanced Placement | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Principles and Laws: Science | |
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An Overview of Rhetoric-Stage Science | |
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How to Do It | |
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Outside Help | |
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Sample Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Learning Other Worlds: Foreign Languages | |
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Which Languages? | |
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Texts and Courses | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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Mastering the Magic Box: Computer Skills | |
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Generally Speaking | |
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Practically Speaking | |
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Schedule | |
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Resources | |
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Apologizing for Faith: Religion | |
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Resources | |
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Appreciating the Arts: Art and Music | |
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Art | |
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Music | |
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Schedules | |
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Resources | |
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The Specialist | |
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General Guidelines | |
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Flexibility | |
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Specific Guidelines | |
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Evaluation | |
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Schedule | |
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Resources | |
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Some People Hate Homer | |
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Part III: Epilogue | |
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The Rhetoric Stage at a Glance | |
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Coming Home: How to Educate Your Child at Home | |
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The Kitchen-Table School: Why Home-Educate? | |
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Why Should You Home-School? | |
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Encouragement for Parents | |
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First Steps | |
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Taking Your Child Out of School | |
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The Realities of Home Schooling | |
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A Personal Word from Jessie | |
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Resources | |
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The Confident Child: Socialization | |
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Resources | |
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The Character Issue: Parents as Teachers | |
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Resources | |
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And Just When Do I Do All This? Schedules for Home Schoolers | |
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How Much Time Does It Take? | |
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Yearly Planning | |
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Weekly Planning | |
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Daily Planning | |
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Jessie's Method of Organizing: A Personal Account | |
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Good Use of Time | |
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Home Schooling with Babies and Toddlers | |
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Schedules for Home Schoolers | |
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Resources | |
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Paper Proof: Grades and Record Keeping | |
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Notification | |
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Elementary School and Middle School: Portfolios | |
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High School: Transcripts | |
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Diploma | |
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Resources | |
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The Yardstick: Standardized Testing | |
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Yearly Testing | |
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AP and CLEP Exams | |
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PSAT, SAT, and ACT | |
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Resources | |
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Where's the Team? Athletics at Home | |
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Resources | |
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The Local School: Dealing with Your School System | |
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Resources | |
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Yelling for Help: Tutors, Online Resources, Correspondence Schools, Cooperative Classes, and Colleges and Universities | |
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Tutors | |
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Online Resources | |
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Correspondence Schools | |
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Cooperative Classes | |
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Community Colleges and Local Universities | |
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Resources | |
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Going to College: Applications for Home Schoolers | |
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Planning for College | |
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Choosing a College | |
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The Application Process | |
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The Portfolio | |
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One Successful Application | |
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Transcript Help | |
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A Word about Early Admissions | |
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Resources | |
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Working: Apprenticeships and Other Jobs | |
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Resources | |
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More Stuff: The Annotated Catalog List | |
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General | |
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Elementary Grades | |
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History | |
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Classics, Latin, Logic | |
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Shakespeare | |
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Language: Reading, Writing, Grammar, and So Forth | |
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Science | |
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Mathematics | |
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Used-Curricula and -Book Vendors | |
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The Final Word: Starting in the Middle | |
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Appendices | |
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Taking an Oral History | |
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Home-Education Organizations | |
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National Science Competitions | |
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Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |