The Religion News Service filed a story today about one Humanists foray into the homeschooling scene. KellyAnne Kitchin has been homeschooling her three sons for the past three years, and has stated that the first hurdle she had to overcome was finding curriculum.
A vast, vast majority of home school curriculum is religion-based, and either very weak on the sciences, or contains non-science education in it's place, such as creationism or intelligent design.
She then described how finding support among other homeschooling parents to be wanting, as most of the internet forums are chock full of believers, or had statements of faith that needed to be duly checked off before being allowed to participate.
Kitchen decided the best thing for her to do is to start her own community. Kitchen stated,
“I found out there were a lot of people who were in the same boat I was in and did not know how to come out and have a community. I am hoping we come up with a big place and have some resources and some support.”
Humanists: Homeschooling without God | God Discussion
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