The calls for more accountability in our education system promise a better educational system. Yet, I have to wonder if there isn’t systemic corruption inherent in the way we choose to measure success? As homeschoolers are being pushed to be more like schools, can we challenge the measure of success for our kids? Is our goal raising kids or raising test scores?
“Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…” -from the old nursery rhyme and carol: Christmas is Coming
With the Big Day only a week away, I thought it would be nice to share some Christmas thoughts. Of course, I realize that my very diverse readership includes many who either don’t celebrate Christmas, or who celebrate [...]
Milton Gaither has an interesting paragraph in his review of Greg and Martine Millman’s book:
Historians and organization theorists will be very interested in the Millmans’ chapter on Homeschool Groups. It begins by connecting homeschooling to the “emergence†scholarship of John H. Holland, explaining that homeschooling is an unplanned and uncontrolled system of networks built “from [...]
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker wrote an essay which presents a perspective for anyone seeking to understand the history of homeschooling. I’m not going to paraphrase the writing or pull choice quotes out of context. You just need to go read the whole thing for yourself. Then, if anyone’s so inclined, I’ll be happy to [...]
Outlier, noun.
out·li·er
1 : something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body
2 : a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample
According to Salon book reviewer Louis Bayard, an interesting premise lies behind a new book by über-consultant Malcolm Gladwell, whose [...]
