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The questions that can be answered aren't worth asking. – Milton Mayer
As I approached the end of my nearly forty years of law school teaching, friends and colleagues would often ask me when I intended to retire. My answer was always the same: "when it stops being fun to go into the classroom and play with the kids!
A woman is facing 30 days in jail because her son missed too many days of school. His 82% attendance record wasn't enough to keep her out of court.
I truly believe we need to begin dreaming bigger and imagining bigger about what we are capable of changing in our society. We have to question, why are we accepting a society that doesn't allow humanity to TRULY thrive? We made it this way, we can
This is where attaining strong literacy and numeracy skills meet individual interests and innate childhood curiosity.
One of the rites of passage that apparently I am the only one who has recognized is what I call the dorm key ritual. When a parent takes his child to register in a college dorm, the person at the front desk hands the room key to the freshman student,
Unschooling is often cartoonishly characterized by critics as a 'Lord of the Flies' environment, where kids run around wildly and chaos ensues.
William Klaber (Author) on the newly updated for the 50th anniversary of RFK’s death, SHADOW PLAY: The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy - Richard Grove (Tragedy And Hope) talks about liberty, education, economy, cryptocurrencies, and a host of
Decades ago, paddling was a common form of punishment for the misbehaving students. Paddling was not meant for the children, who might have missed out their homework for once, but for the ill-behaving kids, who deliberately disturb the class or creat
In a world increasingly dominated by machines, I have a feeling that this approach is going to become increasingly valuable. The redundancy of reality One of the reasons Aristotle created so many sub-fields of philosophy and early forms of science
As she spoke, she saw one little child in the circle quietly took her arms out of her sleeves and turned her own shirt around. Then, one by one, more children did the same. Within minutes, almost every child in the class was sitting with th
My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students.
There is mounting evidence that increasingly restrictive schooling, quickly consuming the majority of childhood, is damaging children. Rates of childhood anxiety, depression, behavioral problems, and other mental illness are surging. Teenage suicide
FEE launched our Campus Ambassador Program in January 2017. Today, we have 108 Campus Ambassadors in 11 countries representing FEE in their communities. FEE Campus Ambassadors earn points for distributing FEE materials and hosting events to empower a
My daughter is a baker. When people ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she responds breezily: "A baker, but I already am one."
"Think For Yourself"
They are some of the best minds among us. There seems to be no reliable market for many of them.
You've likely seen the headlines lately regarding the latest fad frenzy: fidget toys.
When you Home Educate,... the Universe is your Classroom
World schooling" their two daughters, who are currently 12 and 8, has been on the minds of parents Sarah and Mike Blaine for many years, ever since they observed the changes being made in public schools. For Sarah, who is a former teacher, experien
I have warned that 2015.75 was the peak in government and the two many industries that government subsidies has created the decay within our American society reducing disposable income - healthcare and education. Degrees I have warned are really wo
Peter Gray has studied how learning happens without any academic requirements at a democratic school.
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Recent studies are discovering that each generation is becoming increasingly stupid.
Recently I learned that long time economist Thomas Sowell is retiring from his position as a syndicated columnist.
Recently I learned that long time economist Thomas Sowell is retiring from his position as a syndicated columnist.
Recently I learned that long time economist Thomas Sowell is retiring from his position as a syndicated columnist.
I would eliminate all funding for education, including all of the military academies.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
It's no secret that I've stepped outside the system in many aspects of my life. I've been fortunate enough to be able to live out my dreams because of the choices I made years ago to extricate myself from the way most folks are living their liv