Secular Homeschooling (magazine)

Infobox Magazine
title = Secular Homeschooling


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image_caption = "Secular Homeschooling"'s first cover (Fall 2007)
editor = Deborah Markus
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frequency = Quarterly
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firstdate = Fall 2007
country = USA
language = English
website = [http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/ www.secular-homeschooling.com]
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"Secular Homeschooling" is a quarterly American magazine for people who homeschool for reasons other than religion. The magazine is black and white and printed on heavy paper. Its middle four pages are intended to be removed and treated as a separate "magazine" for homeschooled children. The magazine's Web site presents two articles from each issue, but the balance of the magazine's content can only be read in print.

Deborah Markus is the publisher and editor.

According to the magazine's Web site, "Secular Homeschooling" is a "magazine is for any homeschooler, religious or not, who is interested in good solid writing about homeschooling and homeschoolers." In keeping with this goal, the magazine does not accept advertisements from advertisers who are explicitly marketing to the religious community, attempting to promote a particular religion, or are explicitly antireligion. ["Secular Homeschooling," issue #1, editorial by Deborah Markus]

History

"Secular Homeschooling" was created in 2007 to serve homeschoolers who "had been burned before by homeschooling magazines purporting to be unbiased, but quoting the Bible on every page." [cite web|url=http://www.madeditor.com/2007/11/so-when-you-say-secular-do-you-mean_12.html|title=So when you say "secular," do you mean...|accessdate=2008-07-24] .

Issue #1 contained an article titled "The Bitter Homeschooler's Wishlist" [cite web|url=http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/001/bitter_homeschooler.html|title=The Bitter Homeschooler's Wishlist|accessdate=2008-07-24] , which was also posted on the magazine's Web site. The article was copied and circulated on a number of homeschooling discussion lists and reprinted on or referenced in many blogs. In February 2008, Web site familyhack.com reprinted the list in its entirety in a way that made it appear that it was that site's original content. This site's reprinting of the article made the front page of Fark, bringing Family Hack significant traffic. Family Hack's initial refusal to remove the article from their site or direct readers to Secular Homeschooling's site created a small furor in the homeschooling community, eventually resulting in the removal of the list from Family Hack's site and their editing of comments across their site to remove all references to the controversy. [cite web|url=http://www.madeditor.com/2008/03/i-has-wishlistnooo-they-be-stealin-my.html|title=I Has a Wishlist...Nooo they be stealin' my Wishlist |accessdate=2008-07-24] .

ee also

* Homeschooling
* Secular education

References

External links

* [http://www.secular-homeschooling.com "Secular Homeschooling" magazine] - official Web site.
* [http://www.madeditor.com Diary of a Mad Editor] - Deborah Markus' blog about "Secular Homeschooling."