‘ED NEWS & POLITICS’ Archives
4 Top Homeschooling Performance Indicators
4 Top Homeschooling Performance Indicators By Linda Dobson I know I say this a lot, but I have to: homeschooling friends are awesome! Yesterday, when I saw an article that looked promising, I put a link to it on Parent at the Helm's Facebook page. I explained I couldn't read it right away, then requested others share their thoughts in [...]
National School Choice Week: January 22 – 28, 2012
National School Choice Week: January 22 - 28, 2012 By Linda Dobson Since the organizers of National School Choice Week were kind enough to include homeschooling among possible effective choices, I thought it would be good to let the homeschooling/unschooling community know that it's coming up fast! As an advocate - and advocate of advocates [...]
Congrats Homeschooled Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor
Congrats Homeschooled Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor Part One By Linda Dobson Because of the wonderful response to yesterday's post about the stories of homeschooled adults (thank you!), and because homeschooled Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor just retired from football this weekend (perhaps; sometimes players come back!), I thought this would be a [...]
What Do Homeschooled Adults Have to Say?
What Do Homeschooled Adults Have to Say? By Linda Dobson Sometimes, in the fear and anxiety ridden time of considering homeschooling for their families, parents torture themselves with "What if..." questions that are just plain unanswerable, at least specifically unanswerable, before the journey has even begun. The wisdom that comes with time [...]
No Child Left Behind: A Lost Decade for Educational Progress
No Child Left Behind: A Lost Decade for Educational Progress News of the following important report is from a news release of Fair Test. The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law “failed badly both in terms of its own goals and more broadly,” leading to a decade of educational stagnation. That is the central conclusion of a major new [...]
