- Books about Preparing for College and Other Options
- High School Ace - A free online learning center that features subject guides for English, foreign languages, math, science, and social studies.
- Homeschooling the Teen Years, by Cafi Cohen. Stores, advice, and suggestions from a variety of families.
- Opportunities After "High School": Thoughts, Documents, Resources, by Wes Beach. Includes a number of transcripts Beach has written for his students; these transcripts can be used as models for homeschool transcripts. Also discusses community college enrollment; preparing for, choosing, and applying to four-year colleges; and opportunities other than formal academic study. A number of resource books are described. Available from HSC: $15 to HSC Book Order, 5520 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA 95073. His talks can be arranged through HSC by email or by phone: (831) 462-5867.
- Parent/Teen Breakthrough , by Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster, PhD. A respectful, loving, effective approach that ensures that parent and teen will be friends as the stormy seas of adolescence subside.
- Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School, by Grace Llewellyn, is about the daily lives of unschooling teens.
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook, by Grace Llewellyn. Questions predominant notions of education, and gives advice on designing one's own education, including ideas about learning, resources, and anecdotes.
- The Teenagers' Guide to School Outside the Box, by Rebecca Greene. Guide to non-traditional learning opportunities: foreign study, internships, apprenticeships, service learning, university coursework, independent study, and more
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