Posted by Howard Richman on March 27 2008 at 09:18:39:
Today´s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette includes an article by Mary Niederberger about Saturday´s homeschooling conference in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. Here is a selection:
Hundreds of parents who home-school their children are expected to attend the 23rd Annual Greater Pittsburgh Home-schooling Workshop and Curriculum Fair on Saturday at South Hills Bible Chapel in Peters.HowardThe conference, which will run from 8:50 a.m. until 2:50 p.m., is organized by Sue Means, a Bethel Park parent who has home-schooled five children.
The first gathering had 35 attendees. Now, as many as 500 parents from throughout the Tri-State area come to take part in the workshops on various aspects of home-schooling.
This year, the keynote speaker will be David Shoremann, a home-school educator from Texas, who specializes in math and science and has created a CD-ROM series of lessons for home-school students....
In addition to Dr. Shoremann´s presentations, there will be 14 other workshops on various topics, including how to home-school at various grade levels, how to help struggling learners and special needs home-school students and college preparation.
Preregistration is closed, but walk-ins are welcome. For information, go to www.familyinstructors.org.