School Choice

Imagine a world where you can customize your child’s education to their skill level and passions. As we found out, there are many options out there for families searching out alternatives to traditional education. So how does one start researching? It all starts with the word HOMESCHOOL. Homeschool = an alternative school. Homeschooling = the way we customize our student’s education. In the eyes of our government, there are regulations that govern the operations of our public education system and…

What classes we selected and why. If you’ve stumbled onto my blog, you’re probably trying to figure out how to homeschool or if you should homeschool. …

The debate over school choice has long featured strident rhetoric about union lackeys and privatizers. But now, after millions of students spent a year or more in off-and-on home schooling and makeshift arrangements like learning pods and virtual camps, many once-stark distinctions have blurred. Yet, that has helped make other…

Recently I posted a response to an appeal to vote in favor of two public school levy increases. I simply commented that I would not voluntarily give the public school system any more of my money. A supporter of the school system, a retired teacher and coach responded back to…

Not like they use to be… “Well, we got no class And we got no principals (ooh) And we got no intelligence We can’t even think of a word that rhymes, well We can’t salute ya Can’t find a flag If that don’t suit ya That’s a drag School’s out…

Parents who homeschool their children have a different insight into learning. Here are six things that homeschooling parents want teachers to know. By Alisa Taylor There are lots of reasons a parent might decide to homeschool their child. It could be that the pandemic prompted you to become an overnight…

For too long, our schools have been failing our students. They are not being prepared for the real world, and they are not being given the tools they need to succeed. Esteemed professor researcher Brené Brown recently said, “Our connection with other people is only as solid and deep as…

Will Your Luck Hold? — Each time a child is placed in a school, classroom, or row, there is a spin of the School Roulette wheel. Get seated next to a kid like me and your learning will suffer. Get a sub-par teacher and your learning will suffer. Get a new, heavy-handed principal, school board…