Now before we go very far here, I'd like to make some points. First off: I am not a card-carrying, bible-thumping member of the reactionary, 'let's keep our kids home and force feed 'em the bible while we teach 'em to shoot' school of homeschooling thought. Second: My mother is a Waldorf-inspired principal of continuation high schools in California, where she's gotten multiple awards for teaching *very* deprived juvenile delinquent/gang types how to read, sing, play the recorder, and so forth. I have listened to her talk about education for years, and it's been fascinating. Third: I think that the Bible is very interesting historical literature, and, of course, the font from which literature flows. But I have a very big problem with belief (just can't do it), and a huge problem with organized religion, especially that large, nasty, hate-mongering underground religion named FUNDAMENTALISM, which rears its ugly head amazingly often in homeschooling literature and culture. That said, I'm interested in some of the homeschooling sites and support. Most of them, unfortunately, mention Christianity and the Bible. In today's political climate, this is practically code (if you're Republican) for "don't worry, we're Christian and teach everyone the proper Christian way, so you can send those grass-roots, take-over-the-country-covertly billions our way." If you're a Democrat (or just have some core sense of decency, or do I sound a bit too catty here?), then the mere mention of being God-fearing, or having Christian values, etc., in a website brings up crazed born-again types, all of whom are blonde, lined up in front of their church with their fourteen children (one holding a lute), ready to go out and picket, or perhaps stone something that doesn't agree with the aforementioned values. At any rate, be careful. I hate to give the rabid right my money, but perhaps, just perhaps some of these people are just mentioning Christ and the bible because ... ah, well, never mind. The thing that really jerks my chain, of course, is the CLASSICAL EDUCATION homeschooling movement. Doesn't it sound awesome? Greek and Latin! Humanities! All sorts of really cool classical education stuff. Well, actually, a lot of it is about the Bible. (Rightfully so, to be perfectly honest. The Bible, and CONTEXT for the Bible, is a wonderful way of approaching any study of humanities.) But I fear that it's just ermine shoulder-wrapping for more propaganda on the part of the Christian right. Is that sad, or what? OK, here we go. Probably the best-known of the Classical Education types is Susan Wise Bauer. She's an honest, Christian intellectual. Married to a pastor. Here's her site: www.susanwisebauer.com My favorite part of her site is: www.welltrainedmind.com The Well-Trained Mind is Susan Wise Bauer's outreach site. The Resources page points to some of the people in her interesting network of homeschoolers and classical education fans. I bought some of the Wise Bauer books and wasn't all that impressed with them. Frankly, Ms. Bauer's neatest accomplishment is probably herself, and perhaps how she raises her kids. Also, she seems to be a nifty marketer. Another homeschooling site, which seemed not too utterly Christian, is: Introduction to Schola Classical Tutorials This one is definitely Christian, but it's not mentioned for a few paragraphs, and besides, the headmaster or whatever he is has a blog, so that's cool. Except that I was reading my way through his mini-rant on not drugging our children (adhd stuff), and when I reached the part about children of the covenant, I had to stop and say "uh oh, he's talking in that wierd, fundamentalist code." Covenant, sheesh. At any rate, if you can cull good stuff, enjoy.