If We Want Students To Stay On Track, Send School Funds To Their Parents
The focus of education should be on students, not the system. Back on Track ESAs will help get us there.
6 Reasons Online College Is A Terrible Substitute For The Real Thing
College assignments are meant to gauge learning. Making classes ‘virtual’ decreases the likelihood that learning will actually occur.
Once I Started Homeschooling My Four Kids, I’ve Never Looked Back
Today, more than ever, parents must decide for themselves what they treasure: passing desires and excuses, or productive future adults.
New Brain Scans Show Screen Time Makes Kids Dumber
Concentrated white matter invariably results in better cognitive performance in the kids who stay off screens: they focus better, learn faster, and show greater mental flexibility and creativity.
4 Things I Wish I Had Done Differently When I Homeschooled
For the first six years of their education, I homeschooled my kids. While I loved it, here are a few things I would have changed.
How Common Core And Screen Overdoses Are Ruining American Kids’ Intelligence
Between ineffective teaching methods at school and an overdose of screen time at home, our children are becoming intellectually deficient. We need to reverse the trends.
New Typeface Helps You Remember What You Read — By Erasing It
A new study suggests that when our brain works harder to read or write something, the better we recall the information. Enter Sans Forgetica!
Why Do Teachers Like Me Keep Coming Back To School? Love
Parent emails, difficult administration, limited pay raise potential, the looming threat of strikes — why would one choose to enter such a field?
Why Preschool Doesn’t Usually Do Much Good For Small Children
Placing kids in the care of trained professionals with abundant resources instead of a parent with bad habits should reverse their downward trajectory. Why doesn’t it?
Why Putting Kids In School At Younger Ages Is Bad For Them
Allowing young children to learn naturally through play, rather than in academic settings, is better for their academic growth long-term.
Why You Should Absolutely Read A Whole Book This Year
We live in an attention-deficient, hectic, technology-riddled society, but we can fight the tide of clickbait and soundbites by using technology’s tools to foster learning and mental acuity.
4 Ways Society Needs To Change So Kids Don’t Hate School
In a misguided effort to raise the bar, we are depriving our children of many of the experiences they need to develop healthy, open minds, and a love of learning.
Schools Shouldn’t Exercise Students Like Animals
One way to attack Western civilization is to change the learning environment from a quiet, contemplative one to a busy, communal one.
Ten Reasons People Still Need Cursive
While some argue cursive writing belongs in the archives and Common Core ushers it out of schools, the evidence shows we need it as much as ever.
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