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    Ask Jeanne

    TheHomeSchoolMom - Ask Jeanne: Homeschool Q&A

    Jeanne Potts Faulconer answers your homeschool questions in this ongoing series from TheHomeSchoolMom. A popular speaker at homeschooling conferences, business groups, and parents’ groups, Jeanne has homeschooled her three sons in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia.

    She is a former college faculty member, former editor and book reviewer for Home Education Magazine, a long-time editor for VaHomeschoolers Voice, and a recent news correspondent for WCVE, an NPR-member station.Jeanne is a student of how learning works – at home, in the music room, in small groups, in the college classroom, on the soccer field, and in the car to and from practice.

    Holding her Master of Arts degree in Communication, Jeanne is a former evaluator for Virginia homeschoolers for evidence of progress. To read more of Jeanne's posts, visit her contributor page.

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    • "I Can't Homeschool - I Have to Work!"
    • Ask Jeanne: Tips for Homeschooling a Difficult or Defiant Child
    • Ask Jeanne: Don't Homeschool My Grandchildren
    • Ask Jeanne: Do I Need Teacher Training to Homeschool?
    • Ask Jeanne: Concerns about Spelling
    • Ask Jeanne: Speech Delay and Reading Comprehension
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschooling the Child Behind in School
    • Ask Jeanne: Age Restrictions in Homeschool Co-ops and Classes
    • Ask Jeanne: Is My Wife Really Homeschooling?
    • Ask Jeanne: "Does school decide what grade?"
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschooling and Social Anxiety
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschool a Prospective Dropout?
    • Ask Jeanne: When a Teacher Turns Homeschool Mom
    • Ask Jeanne: Do Homeschoolers Get a Diploma?
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschooling with a Doubting Dad
    • When Grandparents Don't Like Homeschooling
    • Ask Jeanne: Money for Homeschooling My Kids?
    • Ask Jeanne: What Curriculum for Homeschooling Active & Outdoorsy Boys?
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschooling When Everything Is Terrible
    • Ask Jeanne: Online Homeschool Program?
    • Ask Jeanne: Work Full Time and Homeschool Five?
    • Ask Jeanne: Homeschooling and Immunization Law
    • Ask Jeanne: Can a 20-Year-Old Earn a Homeschool Diploma?
    • Ask Jeanne: Help! Should I Homeschool?

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