At the risk of more chiding because I find encouraging words from a teacher – who may belong to a union – I am suggesting you read Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine, A Teacher’s First Classroom–50 Years Ago, by Sidney Trubowitz.
[The] persistent soundings about accountability and test results have caused me to look back to [...]
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Stereotypes are easier to find than people looking for balance and understanding. From
Misty Krasawski’s article, 1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms:
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and my formal dining room gets turned into a schoolroom and our family vacations look more like educational fieldtrips, and if I surrender my [...]
Science as Homeschool Culture.
Jenny Lynn schmidt writes the “Adventures in Homeschooling” blog on Psychology Today’s website. Her March post is a story about science in her homeschool:
I am exhausted. Today was Science Co-op. Science Co-op tends to wear me out, but I love it. I confess that I am an artsy-fartsy science geek posing as [...]
This article is a must read:
In 2006, I took the leap from public school teacher to home-school mom for my kindergarten daughter. I did what most home-school mothers do and joined a home-school group for support. To be honest, I thought I would be lending most of the support. I had the elementary education degree [...]
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Reading the headline, More Parents Opting For Homeschooling, in my newsreader I thought I knew what I would find. But when I followed the link:
Does your child hate going to school? Is she stressed out, pressurized and overloaded? Or, are you sick of the conventional schooling system? Simple, don’t send them to school. Try homeschooling [...]
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