by Kerry McDonald My newly-minted one-year-old is learning to walk. Increasingly and more boldly, he will grab a grown-up's hand and take the lead on where to go. His confidence is building, …
Talking Stick Learning Center: The Bigger Picture
by Katie O'Connor If you look at the bigger picture, the experiences we parents and educators provide now for our youth affect who they will be when they become adults. In a cliché way, it is as if …
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Why Homeschoolers Are Winning
Homeschooling is growing at breakneck speed. It’s the fastest growing form of education. Soon 4% of U.S. students will be homeschooled, that’s 2.5 million children! To put that in perspective, the …
What is an alternative to school?
by Peter Bergson We at AlternativesToSchool.com are well aware that the “one-size-fits-all” approach to self-directed learning is no more appropriate than it is for traditional schooling. As a …
ADHD and School: The Problem of Assessing Normalcy in an Abnormal Environment
by Peter Gray According to the most authoritative recent data, approximately 8% of children in the United States, aged 4 to 17, have been diagnosed as having ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity …
Class Dismissed: A Gift for the Homeschooling Community
by Pat Farenga The Boston homeschooling community packed the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA on Monday night for the premiere of Class Dismissed, a documentary film about the options families have if …
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Beyond Compulsory Schooling
by Jim Strickland It seems you can’t open a newspaper these days without being inundated with cries for various reforms and innovations aimed at curing what ails public education. There are …
Democratic School Spotlight: Clearview Sudbury School
by Tom Bohman, co-founder, Clearview Sudbury School Clearview Sudbury School (CSS) is a democratic school in Austin, Texas that sees dignity and freedom as essential to human growth and …
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Government Schooling and the Constitution
by Don McFadden I suspect that most people in America don’t realize that the constitution of the former USSR provided for “freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly, meetings, street …
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Getting the Delicate Parent-Child Attachment Dance Back in Step
by Enrico Gnaulati, Ph.D. Parents often intuitively get it when I explain how a kid’s disruptive behavior can signal a need for more predictable contact and involvement. They may intuitively get it …
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Why Play = Learning
by KATHY HIRSH-PASEK, PhD and ROBERTA MICHNICK GOLINKOFF, PhD Our children from their earliest years must take part in all the more lawful forms of play, for if they are not surrounded with such an …
School Violence Led Us To Homeschooling
by Laura Grace Weldon We became homeschoolers suddenly. One morning my oldest son, a freshman in an award-winning suburban high school, called home right before the first class of the day. The teen …
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