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Tag Archives: education
Schooled & illiterate
For decades our society has focused on producing more and more high school & college grads, but for some kids it means advancement with little or no education. Over the past decade, education has received nationwide attention due to the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged 8.5 million illiterate high school grads, alternet, education, homeschooling, homeschooling & illiteracy, illiteracy among quiverfull homeschoolers, illiteracy statistics, illiterate high school grads, kristin rawls, learning, life learning, quiverfull families, school and illiteracy, unschooling
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Learning what you live
About a week ago, Maya and I got into the elevator in our building, having just picked up our mail. I opened an envelope and commented to her that it was from our insurance company, telling me they’d found … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, car insurance, Costco, education, family finances, homeschooling, learning, learning what you live, Lego, life learning, living and learning, Maya, price comparison, target, trips to Costco, unschooling, unschooling and math
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Discipline vs. respect
We live across the street from two NYC high schools; Martin Luther King Jr. High School and the LaGuardia Performing Arts High School (or the “Fame” high school). Every day at around 3 and 3:15, the schools let out, … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged discipline in school, education, high schools, Laguardia Performing Arts High School, learning, life learning, Martin Luther King Jr. High School, parenting teenagers, parents & discipline, pent up energy, rebellious teens, respect, unschooling
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An evening with Michael Ellsberg
Ok everyone, get out your pens. (or open your laptop calendar. Whatever.) If you are fortunate enough to be in New York on the evening of April 25th, you are hereby invited to join the NYC Home Educators Alliance for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged april 25, Better Than College, Blake Boles, education, education of millionaires, evening with michael ellsberg, homeschooling, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, tri-state area, unschooling
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The best education
Rick Santorum believes that not everyone needs a four year degree. I agree with him. Unfortunately, he always goes on to say that the reason not everyone needs a four year degree is that universities are indoctrination centers, robbing children … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged 4 year degree, a different path, beliefs, education, entrepreneur, higher education, homeschooling, learning, life learning, religion, Rick Santorum, schooling, self-directed, unschooling
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Your major or your life?
When I think back on it now, it’s kind of amazing that I went to college and graduated. If I had it to do over again, I probably wouldn’t. I’d bump Plan B up to first position and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged education, german, higher education, irony, law students suing law schools, learning, life learning, literature, major, moocs nytimes, NY Magazine, reading books, unschooling
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More on Stop Stealing Dreams…
Yesterday I started reading Seth Godin’s manifesto (or “rant” as he calls it) on education, “Stop Stealing Dreams”. The link to it is here. So far, and I’m only a few pages in, my two favorite quotes are: Culture … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Better Than College, Blake Boles, cooperation not isolation, dale stephens, education, education of millionaires, etsy shop, excel spreadsheets, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, outliers, Outside the Box, Seth Godin, standardized tests, stop stealing dreams, theatre intern, uncollege, unschooling
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The lazy myth
Anyone who is unschooling and has spoken about it with someone whose kids are in school has heard this one: “Oh, that would never work in our house. [Name of child] would never do anything but play video games and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, boredom, cleaning the office, education, excel spreadsheets, goals, lazy, learning, life learning, Maya, motivation, should, the lazy myth, unschooling
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I need your input!
As part of my new website – coming later this month – I’m putting together a list of the most asked or most controversial questions regarding unschooling, and I’d like you guys to weigh in. (You no longer need to … Continue reading →