Unless you’re a homeschooling family, your child or teen has been in school for many years. Consider this a sabbatical. Everyone can use a sabbatical.
What Does it Mean to Be Educated?
By Ken Danford. Blake Boles has been writing and speaking about self-directed learning for over a decade, most recently for the Alliance for Self-Directed Education. In his article What Does it Mean to Be Educated?, he offers a somewhat historical perspective of where we are in the long-term arc of public education in the United States. As Blake points out, schools …
Opting Out in a Bigger Way
Schools are gearing up for another round of standardized tests. Families are rightly opting out of these tests. Tests measure a very narrow range of skills and abilities—they can’t possibly measure what we value most in young people: creativity, inspiration, kindness, curiosity, collaboration.
Why an “Alternative” Learning Center?
The key word here is “learning.” Learning is a biological imperative. Humans learn or die.