Teens from Salem to Hillsboro paid $30 each to attend the formal in Tigard on Saturday night. "It means the same thing as it would to any high school teen," Oregon Home Education Network President Alison Jakel says. "As much as high school teens look forward to their prom, our home-school teens look forward to theirs."

Home-school Happenings: The changing face of home-schooling

Several months back, I wrote an article about my desire to change the name “home-schooling” to “new-schooling.” I have given this a lot of thought and spent time observing many home educating families.

Bill would open public school athletics to home school students

A bill inside the State House would open public school athletics to home school and charter school students.

Home-school graduates celebrate diverse interests

Members of the Mesa Valley Vision Home and Community Program class of 2012 studied Greek, Chinese, French and Spanish, completed Advanced Placement classes without the aid of a classroom teacher, worked everywhere from a cattle ranch to a nursing home and earned a total of three certified nursing assistant certificates.

Cynthia Carr Falardeau: Building a viable home-school relationship with an individual education plan for your child

My friend, Carmen, put it best: "Working to build a school relationship is a lot like a marriage. It takes work.