There are a number of discussion groups and forums about home education on the internet, some of the more interesting are listed here.

Australia:

Groups at yahoo can be subscribed to at the website and messages read there as well.

Melbourne Homeschool Excursion Group
Excursions and regular activities will be promoted through this yahoo group. We represent all of Melbourne and promote excursions and outings. We aim to make the homeschool community more cohesive by through regular get-togethers and activities.

Homeschool :
email address : homeschool@australia.edu
send an email to homeschool-request@australia.edu with the word subscribe in the body of the email, nothing in the subject

AustralianHomeSchool :
website address : groups.yahoo.com/group/australianhomeschool
email address : australianhomeschool-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
email address : australianhomeschool@yahoogroups.com

Aussie Homeschoolers :
Mica has created a homeschool community at http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/lifelern/index.html Autonomous Education Network, an mc2 community with the capacity to post notices, chat, share photos, events, links and other features. Only created May 2004, it is intended to be a community where unschoolers, home schoolers, life learners, auto-didacts, their families and other supporters can communicate about absolutely anything (within the suitable content parameters of mc2) amongst people who are supportive of autonomous education.

Australian Home Education mailing list :
email address: homeschool-request@list.to Put “Subscribe” in the body of the message.

The Rockpool Forum
Australian & New Zealand Homeschooling Parents
http://www.rockpoolhomeschool.org

Joyous Learning Forum
www.joyouslearning.info

Victorian Homeschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homeschool_Victoria
A yahoo chat group specifically for Victorians to network, exchange ideas, and challenges

Christian Homeschooling:
Email address: ChristianHomeschoolinginAustralia@yahoogroups.com
Web address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChristianHomeschoolinginAustralia

Gifted Home Education Group
E-mail group for mutual support and discussion for those home-educating gifted children in Victoria. We are spread far and wide, but have in common that we came to home education because the school system would not cater for our children?s atypical learning needs. Of course, we now find that home education has many other advantages.
Enquiries: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VHSG/

HEN Autism Spectrum Home Educators

A group for the mutual support of parents home educating children on the autistic spectrum. Parents do not need to be members of HEN to join this list and parents not currently home educating but considering home education as an option for their family are most welcome.

Join at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HENASD

HomeEd Connect

The aim of this list is purely for helping folks to network. It won’t be a discussion list but rather a place to make introductions and form new friendships – online or otherwise. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeEdConnect/

Australian Buddhist Homeschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/buddhisthomeschool

Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Actively-Homeschooling-Australia-Victoria/98297281897

Actively Homeschooling – Australia (Victoria)’s Facebook Page

Overseas Discussion Groups:

John Gatto’s web site has a lively discussion forum at http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/newsletter/index.htm

Unschooling.com has an extensive website of essays and articles, as well as a number of discussion boards. Go to http://www.unschooling.com/ for the list.