Support networks are key when children are schooled at home

Support networks are key when children are schooled at home
By Pierre Comtois
GROTON -- As the new academic year begins, most children in Groton and across the region will be shrugging into backpacks and boarding familiar yellow buses for the ride to their local school buildings. A small minority, however, will not be following them.
For these other children, it will be enough to simply roll out of bed, have breakfast and walk into the next room to start their studies. Known as homeschoolers, these students are frequently taught by a parent in the comfortable surroundings of their own homes and enjoy a schedule far less defined than their counterparts in classrooms of 15, 20 or 25 children. READ ARTICLE BY CLICKING ON TITLE ABOVE.