Most Popular
The Top Summer Reading List For Middle Schoolers Jun. 4, 2024
Tag Archives: education
Jan. 9, 2015
Does Homeschooling Prepare You Academically?
In a word: Yes. Homeschooling prepares you academically. Absolutely. I had a chance recently to sit down and chat with my siblings about our experiences with homeschooling. Mortarboard My older sister attended a private Christian school -- at great expense … Continue reading
Tagged academics, education, homeschool, learning, life-long learning, school
3 Comments
Dec. 2, 2014
Education Is Not About Teaching
This socialization ill lurks in the corner, ignored by edutheorists and mitigated by "classroom management skills" taught to teachers. Coming as no surprise to any of us who actually attended school at some point in our lives, peers, more than … Continue reading
Tagged culture, education, learning, peer pressure, socialization ill, teaching
2 Comments
Oct. 27, 2014
Indoctrination, Brainwashing vs Educating
I don't get to talk with many Sonlight students in my job. I read your amazing blog posts, but I'm rather out of the loop when it comes to your kids. I've chatted with graduated Sonlighters only a few times. … Continue reading
Tagged education, grace, ideas, parenting
5 Comments
Jul. 2, 2014
Learn It Quick Schemes
I think about education now and again; I blog about it regularly for work <grin>. So when my phone rang yesterday and someone tried to sell me a "learn it quick" idea, I frowned. Something about that concept made me … Continue reading
Tagged education, learning
Leave a comment
Jun. 23, 2014
Why Kids Won't Learn from History Tomorrow
...because the Common Core only teaches "Social Studies." As Catherine Johnson says in her post, "there's not a single learning objective in the entire 13-year framework." In other words, it looks like the educational changes wrought by the Common Core … Continue reading
Tagged Common Core, education, history, politics
1 Comment
Jun. 20, 2014
Brute Memorization
Education blogger Catherine Johnson recently asked How much rote memorization do students do? Not very much. Not much at all. Her argument, if I'm following it, is that we need more "brute" memorization than the none we push today. [By … Continue reading
Tagged education, learning, memorization
1 Comment
Jun. 13, 2014
What Does It Mean to be Educated?
I recently wrote that education is more than simply taking classes and passing tests. This is frustratingly clear in things like driving tests. I took my student to try to earn her license yesterday. Unfortunately, the stress of the situation … Continue reading
