About This Site

Hi! I’m Linda Jo Martin, the mother of five, ages 33 to 16. I homeschooled my two youngest children for nine years. I’m done homeschooling now as I had to enroll my dyslexic son in a special education program last year. But I’m not done being an advocate for homeschool.

My focus in this website is to be an advocate for independent homeschooling - the kind of homeschooling done without enrollment in any government school, charter school, or independent study program. I’m doing this because I believe homeschooling parents have enough to think about without having to constantly fill out forms to comply with government programs. I can see doing one or two forms per year if needed to comply with law, but not daily or even weekly.

With that in mind I will be seeking all kinds of information about homeschooling, but will especially be looking at state homeschool laws to determine which states are most homeschool friendly, and which ones need modifications to their homeschool laws.

Long ago I trained to be a paralegal and earned an Associate of Science degree in legal assisting. I never went to work to use it because I was too busy being a stay-at-home mom and homeschooling my kids. So if I can put this skill to work now by helping homeschoolers achieve the freedom they deserve, I will it to be so.