Sharing our story, why we left public school, and what has been written on our hearts for our children and the approach we take in their education. Read it now over on KaraLayne.com!

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(Read Part One of this saga right here) So there we stood. Knowing that we were withdrawing our kids from their school and still feeling the nerves as we tried to really dig deep in our research and figure out our approach to this whole educating-our-kids-ourselves thing. We have a child in 7th grade, 5th […]

Why We Left Public School: Part Two

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