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By: Principled Discovery » Are homeschoolers ready to be “normal”?

Principled Discovery » Are homeschoolers ready to be “normal”? — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:28:14 +0000

[...] committed to their children’s education needs to pull their kids out of school any more than supporting education means that you have to support public education in its current [...]

By: Life Nurturing Education » Failing Fourth Grade

Life Nurturing Education » Failing Fourth Grade — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:06:31 +0000

[...] if they are behind? Yet are these even the right questions? Or have they been placed upon us by the Educational Industrial Complex discussed at Principled Discovery?My tendency is to equate education with finishing curriculum and [...]

By: Teacher in a Strange Land

Teacher in a Strange Land — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:06:28 +0000

CARNIVAL IN A STRANGE LAND…

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By: Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » And The Sun Shined Down

Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » And The Sun Shined Down — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:37:20 +0000

[...] The Education Industrial Complex - Commitment to education that involves more than just putting more money into the schools. What a radical concept. Except, it isn’t. [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:11:26 +0000

I can understand security chasing them out, but when else is a parent to go check out potential purchases? Not to mention adults who may want them for themselves.

Typical, though. Rather than deal with the problem, restrict the liberty of all in order to control.

By: Rina Groeneveld

Rina Groeneveld — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:17:08 +0000

I was in a department store in the middle of Bremen (in Germany) yesterday and in the computer/games section, all the games consoles had the following notice on them “In co-operation with the Bremen Senator for Education (yes, the same one to whom some of you may have sent Christmas cards last year), the consoles are only switched on from 3:30pm.” The purpose is to prevent kids who play hooky from loitering in the department store to play on the consoles during school hours, but now nobody can do this.

By: Principled Discovery » A message to the parents of future graduates

Principled Discovery » A message to the parents of future graduates — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:17:25 +0000

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By: JJ Ross

JJ Ross — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:38:51 +0000

And I feel compelled to underline once more, the irony of HARVARD especially, pontificating about the edu-indistrial complex. This is like Greg Laden (a Harcard grad) pontificating about public shcools rather than home education as the best policy for the nation. Harvard ought not be the authority on how to govern our public education. Harvard is an endowed private university that none of us can touch as citizens — accountable neither to us or our government, and impervious to the effects of our marketplaces.

By: JJ Ross

JJ Ross — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:30:12 +0000

It really does affect everything in the community, when movies are released and then when the playing times are, when sales tax holidays are legislated (for back to school shopping of course!) and when you can schedule those fabulous fun camp-type experiences for your kids (only in the summer when school kids can come.)

This is particular problem for us in Florida, because the summer is rpetty miserable compared to the spring and fall when we’d LOVE to be doing stuff if only anything for kids was going on –

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:30:44 +0000

I get frustrated by how most things in our area are designed around the schedules of dual-income families. Even the toddler and preschool classes are held only in the evenings, which often is prime meltdown time for my little ones. I can understand wanting to accommodate working moms, but why can’t there be a choice of day or evening classes? That way, families can pick whatever works best for their own needs.