wondering

why seth godin and other school reformers shouldn’t dismiss homeschooling

April 3, 2012

I’m thrilled to have an article on The Innovative Educator today. I’m sharing it here too for you, my favorite readers. * * * Why Seth Godin and Other School Reformers Shouldn’t Dismiss Homeschooling Recently, author and changemaker Seth Godin published the e-book Stop Stealing Dreams, a manifesto on the future of education. It’s a [...]

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connections

March 15, 2012
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On Twitter last night, I came across something fascinating, via Maria at Brainpickings. (Always a source of fascinating bits.) It was an amazing visualization of the interactions of characters in the Iliad, and how they change throughout the book, by Argentinian designer Santiago Ortiz. Do click here to view the stream in all its interactive [...]

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year of writing

January 5, 2012
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Me, squinting and looking sheepish. I did not write much in 2011. That realization sort of stuns me. I didn’t recognize it until the year began to dwindle and I glanced back. I spent a lot of time last year working behind the scenes of my writing, without actually writing. I futzed under the hood, [...]

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living history

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This year Mr. T and I are delving into California history. With a few other families, we’re visiting a different historical site each month. We’ve already had a few wonderful experiences, which I’ve neglected to share here.  One of these days I’ll catch up. Meanwhile, this week we went on an overnight living history trip [...]

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distracted

August 18, 2011
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I’ve been a little distracted lately. By Mexican palms and Mayan ruins. By coconuts. And cenotes. The slightly loco part of all of this is that we flew to Mexico the same day that I gave my second homeschooling conference workshop. Which meant that the week before was a mash-up of preparing PowerPoint slides and buying sunscreen [...]

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am I an unschooler?

June 8, 2011

A local teenage friend from a neighboring homeschooling group had a wonderful story on NPR the other day, about his life as an unschooler. Mr. T, Chris and I listened together. Before the story was even finished, T wondered aloud, “Am I an unschooler?” “Well, not exactly,” I told him, when the story ended. I [...]

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you don’t have to shut up and sit down

March 16, 2011

“Jeff’s friend and colleague Linda Fisher likes to joke that we spend the first few years of a child’s life teaching him how to walk and talk, and the rest of his life telling him to shut up and sit down. This strikes us as the way schools also work. We spend tremendous energy helping [...]

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