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Independent Education Program Newsletter – June 2026
It’s been a fantastic year! We finished the year strong with so many good things going on! Check out all the happenings, with results and pictures, and join us for upcoming Healthy Summer events! In this newsletter: Registration & Healthy Summer 2026-2027 Enrollment & Registration Healthy Summer Events See full list of events at: ieprogram.org/healthy-summer …
Punchbowl Phishing Scam
Recently, the homeschool community has been hit with a phishing email scam. Fortunately, none of the IEProgram’s data has been breeched, so all student information and data is secured. If you haven’t received one of these emails, you probably will, so this is an important read. But I’ll make it brief. What happened? People have …
Fine Distinctions
“How is a kid this smart missing something so simple?” It’s a question I asked several years ago, and I have to admit that this student had me fooled. Which is what this article is about. Sometimes kids can fool you if you aren’t thinking about intelligence in fine detail. I was wrapping up a …
Independent Education Program Newsletter – February 2026
There’s been a lot going on! Check out all the happenings with results and pictures and mark your calendars for upcoming events! In the Classroom Mahayla Bassett Constitution Studies Teacher Learning to Argue Well in a Complicated World One of the most rewarding moments in my Moot Court class last semester came when students realized …
Independent Education Program Newsletter – December 2025
It’s hard to believe we’re almost halfway through the school year. We’ve seen amazing learning, working, and growing. We’re excited for all the things our students are doing and all the opportunities still ahead. We wish you a wonderful holiday season! Here is what you’ll find in this newsletter: In the Classroom Bekah PrestonRobotics Teacher …
Keeping Classrooms Alive
Put this month’s article in the “simple and practical tools to make a classroom work” bucket. I want to present a question that is always on my mind when I’m teaching: How long has it been since my students have been active? It’s not a complex question and the reason for asking the question is …
What Do They Believe?
I want to share several stories about students with you and at the end of each I invite you to consider this question- what does the student believe? Hopefully you’ll find the stories interesting and instructive. Afterward, I’ll explain why I’m sharing these stories. I had a student once who was in her beginning year. …
A Voice of Hope
I had a conversation with a parent a few years ago which I’ve thought about many times since. She asked to talk because she said that she was worried about the way that her son was coming to see the world. He had been very patriotic and loved his country a great deal, she said. …
The Tyranny of Theories
Think for a moment about the tyranny with which statistics could reign if we gave them sufficient credence. For example, research published by the National Library of Medicine indicates that Hispanic people, Ashkenazi Jews, and Africans are more than twice as likely to experience lactose intolerance as Europeans. Asians and Native Americans are approximately four …