The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Homeschooling | An Interview with Dr. Brian Baugus

Entrepreneurship is a fundamental aspect of homeschooling: figuring out what works best for your child's education and finding resources to support that. Join Dr. Brian Baugus (Associate Professor at Regent University and Author of An Economic Theory of Homeschooling) and Jim Mason (HSLDA President) in a discussion on how homeschooling springs from entrepreneurship, fostering individualized education as parents invest in new ways to teach their children. "One of the sure signs that a homeschool was bound to have problems, and maybe even fail, is that they were trying to recreate public school. . .The most successful homeschoolers are the ones who jettison that entire model for a different kind of model. Those are the ones who are investing their time to figure out what works for their child. In the most efficient way possible, [they are] frequently going out and finding [or] building new networks. I think network school is a more accurate description of what a successful homeschool does. The parent is a general contractor who finds the local artist, the local scientist, the local librarian or online, even people who aren't so local, and acquires a quantity and quality of expertise for their child" —Dr. Brian Baugus