And now on Kindle

by susan on November 18, 2009

No, this isn’t a reflection on what e-books are going to do to publishing; it’s just a notification that my blogs (both The History of the (Whole) World and this one) are now available on Kindle.

Of course, if you read them on the web they’re free.

But I’ve had a number of requests for Kindle availability, so now you can PAY to read the same material.

If you feel so inclined.

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From the other side of the Atlantic

by susan on November 13, 2009

Quick link–it’s been a busy week–to a U.K. home schooling blog. Don’t know if you American readers have been keeping up with the difficulties facing British home educators (if not, have a look here and here). Read up.

Either way, thought, this particular opinion echoed some of the ideas we’ve started to discuss here.

From Home Education Heretic:

Any dispassionate and objective observer looking at home education in this country cannot help but be struck by the almost complete polarisation which has emerged between those seeking a change in the status quo and those hoping for the situation to remain unchanged. It seems as though some titanic, Manichaean struggle is taking place; the forces of good ranged against the power of evil, darkness against light. This, at any rate, is how things seem to be seen by many home educating parents.

Read the whole piece here.

More shortly…

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Resource roundup: K12 science

November 7, 2009

Occasionally I’ll post a report on some resource that isn’t listed in TWTM. I’m continually on the lookout for good educational materials, and we only update TWTM every five years or so…which makes this blog a useful place to highlight new discoveries.
This fall’s big success story for me is K12’s high school science. [...]

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Really, folks: we have to think of a better way to respond.

October 31, 2009

I ran across another “mainstream” mention of home education yesterday. The column, from Wired.com, is meant for parents who find themselves doing “emergency homeschooling” thanks to school closings. The piece itself just asks a question: if your local school closes due to swine flu and you find yourself with a child who may [...]

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Ted Sizer, June 23, 1932 – October 21, 2009

October 24, 2009

Theodore Sizer, author of Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School and founder of the Essential Schools movement, died this week. (If you’re not familiar with his work, read the New York Times obituary for a brief summary of Sizer’s accomplishments in education.)
I thought that those of you who are carrying on [...]

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Home schooling: (not quite) a fringe movement any more

October 19, 2009

Browsing through my morning news sites, I came across a home schooling piece written by Andrew O’Hehir for Salon.com. In home schooling their twins, he writes, he and his wife Leslie draw on
some of the alternative educational theories that inform the home-school movement. These include the ideas of “unschooling” guru John Holt, the [...]

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