Information

About MHLA

• MHLA Bylaws
• MHLA Directors and Council
• For the Media

Getting Started

• Thoughts on Curriculum
• Buying A Curriculum
• Official Requirements
• District Homeschooling Policies
• Ages to Begin and Stop Reporting to the Local School District
• Writing Your Educational Plan
• Legal Representation
• What about MCAS?
• Court Rulings on Home Education in Massachusetts: Overview

Resources and Articles

• Links to Homeschooling Information Sites
• Emotional Aspects of Homeschooling
• Guide to Homeschooling in MA (.pdf format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• "John Holt and the Origins of Contemporary Homeschooling" by Patrick Farenga
• "Homeschooling and Special Needs" by Meredith Warshaw
• "Testing in the Schools" by John Holt
• "The Case Against Grades" by Nicky Hardenbergh
• "Starting to homeschool midway through the academic year " by E.S. Zagorsky Goldberg

Library of Massachusetts Documents

• Massachusetts General Law: Compulsory Education
• History of MA Compulsory Attendance Statutes
• Care and Protection of Charles Decision (1987)
• Brunelle v. Lynn Public Schools (1998)
• Amicus Brief in Brunelle case
• Care and Protection of Ivan & another (1999)
• In the Matter of Johnna M. Searles (1990)
• Perchemlides Decision (1978)
• Governor's Proclamation of Home Education Week
• Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Regulations on Home Educated Students
• Massachusetts DOE Draft Advisory on Home Education, together with the Response of Homeschool Groups
• Commonwealth v. Frank Roberts (1893)
• Memorandum of Decision and Order: Richard Davis vs. MIAA