Commentary When I was in 5th grade, I woke one morning to the news that my school burned down. But as a kid, I thought it was a dream come true. No more walking one and a half miles from home to school carrying books (would parents even allow that now?) and no more sitting…
Education Is Reforming Itself
March 30, 2023
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Idaho Couple Revive Classical Education at Northern Schoolhouse
March 15, 2023
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About one year into teaching English at the Northern Academy in Middletown, New York, Michael Fitzgerald was given an opportunity to start an elementary school, in his own model. At the time, principal Marilyn Torley was planning an expansion of the highly rated private academy to include elementary grades, and she turned to Fitzgerald and…
American Public Schools, RIP
Commentary Many of the bizarre features of the pandemic response can be explained by industrial self-interest, graft, power lust, confusion, and so on. One feature does not have such an obvious explanation: the closure of public schools in some places for as long as two years. The extremely low-to-minimal risk to the kids was known from…
Parents Want a Complete Overhaul of the Education System
Commentary In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep, and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills, and subject mastery. A new Purpose of Education Index survey released by the Massachusetts-based…
Mom of 5 Offers Advice to Parents New to Homeschooling
Amber Shimel is a homeschool mom of five, a university professor, and the author of “Homeschooling Simplified: Practical Tips and Encouragement for the Journey.” As more and more parents continue to opt out of the standard school route and head down the homeschooling path, I asked Ms. Shimel about her experience as a homeschool mom…
‘The Great Awakening’: While Students Flee Public Universities, Christian Schools Are Only Getting Bigger
January 11, 2023
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Christian colleges and universities are seeing an increase in enrollment despite the national enrollment rate of college students being on a decline, higher education experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The national undergraduate enrollment rate dropped 1.1 percent during the fall 2022 semester while the rate declined a total of 4.2 percent since 2020, according to…
Hotel-Hopping Homeschoolers: Q&A With Travel Entrepreneur Colleen Carswell
One of the most commonly touted benefits of homeschooling is the freedom it affords families. Charlie and Colleen Carswell of North Carolina are new homeschool parents who have chosen to make the very most of this freedom. In 2021, after their fourth child was born, they decided to quit their jobs, start a travel-centered family…
Homeschooling With Student-Led Electives
One of the perks of homeschooling your high school students is the freedom to give them a high school experience like no other; you can be creative and design personalized electives based on their interests and future career paths. Landscape gardening, dog training, ornithology, library science, home maintenance and repair, crop science, early childhood development,…
With States Hands-Off, Homeschooling Takes Off
South Dakota epitomizes the rapid growth of homeschooling in America. Guided by the principle that parents, not the government, have the right to determine what and how their kids are taught, homeschooling families have overturned existing rules and batted down attempts over the last decade to impose new ones in many states, including South Dakota….
The Schools Are on Fire: Time to Get the Children Out
Commentary This is part 22 in a series examining education in the United States. Imagine the school building is on fire, and your precious children are trapped inside. You can hear the blood-curdling screams growing louder. The flames are getting bigger, and the heat is getting hotter. Your heart races. Even standing outside looking in,…
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