Category: Education
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Suki, Self-publisher
Hanna, Homeschooler is a book I wrote so that my daughter could see herself in fiction. Find it now on Amazon.com and BN.com.
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The [supposed] failure of online education
The core of the problem—I’ll just jump right into it here—is that anyone in this country thinks that education can be summed up in numbers. It can’t. Education is about people, and people are all different. Each unique. We may make schools to function as assembly lines, but we human beings continue to refuse to…
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Risk-taking and lifelong learning
If we adults make an effort to keep striving for new and challenging experiences in our lives, it makes us better teachers and parents. My students, I try to keep in mind, do the equivalent of getting up in front of a jazz band nearly every day of their lives. They are always facing something…
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Talking about Internet safety
Tonight my husband and I initiated a discussion after dinner that neither of our children wanted to take part in. The topic was how people might take advantage of you or hurt you online. The kids got a little uncomfortable, to say the least. Our kids start with a pretty serious disadvantage in the “you…