The Foreign Service Journal, June 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JUNE 2013 93 From the FSJ Education Supplement December 2012 No, Really, the World Is My Classroom! Homeschooling in the Foreign Service BY E L I ZABETH POWER W hen they are out and about in the middle of a weekday, my three kids are routinely asked by con- fused and curious strangers, “What are you doing out of school?” Their confusion only grows when my kids answer proudly, “We don’t go to school—we homeschool.” We are one of many Foreign Service families that have made the choice to educate their children at home over the years, following a general trend in the U.S. population. The Family Liaison Office estimates that approximately 1,000 FS children are currently homeschooled overseas. Homeschooling can include a wide variety of educational styles and practices. An excerpt from the article by the same title by Elizabeth Power, an FSO who, with her husband, Conor, homeschools their three children. The complete article can be accessed online a t www.afsa.org/fsj.