I always wanted my kids to go to a hybrid school, with both in-class and at-home learning. Now that we attend one, I see the pros and cons. Overall, we prefer it to a traditional model for the ...

Mr. Block is a novelist and the author of the memoir “Homeschooled.” By my third year of home-schooling — in 1994, when I was 12 — Mom’s project of turning me back into an infant was nearly complete.

Summer at home with kids can be a challenge. Sure, you can send them to camps, but sometimes those are expensive, and you can’t rely on having a weekly camp for your child over the summer. And now ...