‘ED NEWS & POLITICS’ Archives
What’s So Good about Homeschooling and In-Depth Learning?
What's So Good about Homeschooling and In-Depth Learning? By Linda Dobson What is your child interested in? Legos, dinosaurs, fashion, cars, video games, electric guitar? It's hard to image a homeschooling child studying any of these topics as a condition of optimal learning, but then children are always full of surprises, aren't [...]
Mind-Opening Homeschooling Domination Visual
Mind-Opening Homeschooling Domination Visual Whether you're thinking about homeschooling, practicing homeschooling, or a homeschooling veteran, I think you'll find the following visual from College at Home's blog interesting and deliciously shareable. I think I would have given the visual a different title, but then I'm no marketing genius so [...]
Rosy Future of Homeschooling Revealed In School Survey
Rosy Future of Homeschooling Revealed In School Survey By Linda Dobson Let's say a school district surveys parents of all its students. What percentage of said parents would you guess would answer, I've "considered other options like private school, charter school, or homeschooling"? Of the parents who answered thusly, which of the [...]
Doctor Suggests Medical Education Should Learn from Homeschooling
Doctor Suggests Medical Education Should Learn from Homeschooling By Linda Dobson Anyone who follows news about homeschooling has surely experienced it. You read a nice article about homeschooling that someone has taken time and care to write, and you move on to the comments. Amidst the many ill- or non-informed comments you find it: "It [...]
Learn from Homeschooling to Improve Public Education
Learn from Homeschooling to Improve Public Education By Linda Dobson As Parent at the Helm grows, so, too, does the number of e-mails received from parents reaching out for information about how to begin homeschooling their children. Judging by both numbers and stories shared by the now want-to-be-homeschooling-parents, they were [...]
