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Tracy wrote a new post, Sane for the Holidays, on the site Homeschooling 1 year, 5 months ago

hat tip Cheryl M.

In the November/December 2009 issue of Secular Homeschooling, Deborah Markus’s article, “Staying Sane at Holiday Gatherings” has some humorous but helpful tips for dealing with the complicated […]
Tracy wrote a new post, Sane for the Holidays, on the site Network – HEM 3 years, 5 months ago

hat tip Cheryl M.

In the November/December 2009 issue of Secular Homeschooling, Deborah Markus’s article, “Staying Sane at Holiday Gatherings” has some humorous but helpful tips for dealing with the complicated […]
Tracy wrote a new blog post: Learning for the sake of learning 3 years, 5 months ago

No grades in the first year of a three-year pilot course at Augsburg…

“Grades get in the way,” said Lars Christiansen, a sociology professor who is researching grades and five colleges that decided to do without them. “They become this extrinsic goal that … can be in conflict with trying to cultivate students’ intrinsic interest in [...]
Tracy wrote a new post, Learning for the sake of learning, on the site Network – HEM 3 years, 5 months ago

No grades in the first year of a three-year pilot course at Augsburg…

“Grades get in the way,” said Lars Christiansen, a sociology professor who is researching grades and five colleges that decided to do […]
Tracy wrote a new blog post: Talk More, Write Less 3 years, 6 months ago

Out of Australia AAP reports : ONE of Australia’s leading early childhood educators has warned the Federal Government’s strategy for young children could see them doing worse at school and not being prepared for later life.

“Children don’t need to be taught curriculum, they need quality relationships, quality attachments and quality boundaries,”…

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Tracy wrote a new post, Talk More, Write Less, on the site Network – HEM 3 years, 6 months ago

[hat tip Jessica]

Out of Australia
AAP reports : ONE of Australia’s leading early childhood educators [*Emeritus Professor Philip Gammage] has warned the Federal Government’s strategy for young children could […]
Tracy wrote a new blog post: The Role of Education 3 years, 7 months ago

Interesting new video up on You Tube featuring Noam Chomsky regarding The Role of the Educational System. Noam Chomsky, an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses the goals of education and the purposes of the education system in this video. I also noted a few thought…[Read more]
Tracy wrote a new post, The Role of Education, on the site Network – HEM 3 years, 7 months ago

Interesting new video up on You Tube featuring Noam Chomsky regarding The Role of the Educational System.

Noam Chomsky, an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute […]
Tracy wrote a new blog post: Judgment Recovery 3 years, 7 months ago

In response to comments from last weeks ‘ Confessions of a home-schooler ‘, by Salon.com senior editor Andrew O’Hehir, Lisa Belkin responds with ‘ Parents Judging Parents of Home-Schoolers ‘ and I especially like her closing statements.

I think O’Hehir hits on one of the reasons — there is nothing more important than raising children, and…

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Tracy wrote a new post, Judgment Recovery, on the site Network – HEM 3 years, 7 months ago

In response to comments from last weeks ‘Confessions of a home-schooler‘, by Salon.com senior editor Andrew O’Hehir, Lisa Belkin responds with ‘Parents Judging Parents of Home-Schoolers‘ and I especially like her […]