Month: July 2020

We don’t need NO education–some thoughts on homeschooling for perplexed parents in a pandemic: PART 2

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I started writing some thoughts on homeschooling for parents who are considering it as an option and discovered that I had much more to say than even weird homeschool types would like to read in one sitting. So I’ve divided it into a two-parter. Read PART 1 here.

In this second installment, I’ll cover the following points: 6) the learning gap in public education, 7) why you ARE qualified to teach your children, 8) why homeschooling encourages higher order thinking, 9) assessment in homeschooling, and the one you’ve been waiting for… 10) the answers to all your burning questions about SOCIALIZATION.

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We don’t need NO education–is homeschooling a suitable option? Part 1

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Some thoughts on homeschooling for perplexed parents in a pandemic

I started writing this blog post and discovered that I had much more to say than even weird homeschool types would like to read in one sitting, so I’ve divided it into a two-parter. In this one, I’ll cover 1) the difference in doing school at home and actually homeschooling, 2) freedoms afforded to homeschoolers, 3) the importance of treasuring those freedoms, 4) the fact that it’s NOT easy…and 5) after 14 years, I still believe it’s worth it.

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