A lengthy exploration of IQ testing for kindergarten placement from the New York magazine’s website adds to the growing chorus of those questioning of the role of tests in our kids lives. This article’s focus is on kindergarten placement tests but also touches on issues of class, equality, corporate influence, and, offers insights into...
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Why Kindergarten-Admission Tests Are Worthless
Maybe this will be an annual event?
In 2004, a lady in Saugatuck, Michigan wrote a letter to the editor about how she felt that homeschooling parents are on an ego trip. The letter caught the eyes of homeschoolers. About.com, “Homeschooling robs children” So, now it’s 2006, and Ms. Boyce is again writing to the editor about homeschooling. Her viewpoint, as...
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Newsflash: it’s private schooling
What is it that people don’t get about homeschooling? If the parents (or perhaps other family members) aren’t the ones working with their kids, then it isn’t ‘homeschooling.’ Yes, any number of hybrid structures can develop that are closer to homeschooling than not, to include occasional classes here and there, but any system where the kids ‘go...
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X-treme schooling
Last month, an education columnist in Mississippi responded to a letter from the mother of a first grade student who wasn’t happy with a classroom event. The columnist told the mother that she would just have to, in the parlance of the long-ago Edwardians, ‘close her eyes and think of England.’ Jackson Clarion Ledger,...
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Preschool-at-home
Stateline.org, Pew Charitable Trusts, 16 November 2005, Preschool gets record boost in ’05 At least 180,000 more children have access to preschool this year after lawmakers in 26 states boosted pre-K funding by $600 million during 2005 legislative sessions, the largest single-year increase for preschools in five years, according to a report issued Nov....
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- HEM wrote a new post, Bryn Athyn College - How to get into college?, on the site Taking a Closer LookHEM wrote a new post, Bryn Athyn College - How to get into college?, on the site Taking a Closer Look Great place for students schooled at home. It's Not Just About You! A Bryn Athyn college education isn't just about you. It's about your potential to make an impact. Here, you'll be encouraged to define your […] […]
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- James Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKJames Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKInstant Download! Stop The Bullying EBOOK This book provides practical methods of teaching respect, encouraging student responsibility, and building compliance. This ebook also contains a supplemental character education section with techniques for praising students and encouraging more positive classroom behavior. It is d […]
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- Home Training Tools – Science for at home schoolsHome Training Tools – Science for at home schoolsHome Science Tools is a resource for parents, teachers, and kids who want a better experience with hands-on science. Frank and Debbie Schaner started the company in 1994, when they realized how difficult it was to find the right supplies for doing science at home with their four children. Since then, they’ve b […]
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- Staying InformedStaying InformedThe issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to un […]
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Protecting the Spirit and Soul of our Children
Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education From Birth to Adulthood, the 11th installment of Education Week’s annual report on state education reform was posted this week at the Education Week’s website. From the Press Conference announcing the report, author Lynn Olson stated: Quality Counts 2007 begins to track state efforts...
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