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Self Design
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I recently met Brent Cameron, founder of Wondertree Learning and author of Self Design. Brent has 700 students in a virtual system of self-design learning based in British Columbia. B.C. has a school voucher system... More »
Oscar Chiquitó Sabán
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I met Oscar Chiquitó Sabán over the weekend, a Guatemalen who is in the U.S. on a Fulbright scholarship. Oscar was raised in a one-room house made of cornstalks with his parents and four siblings. ... More »
Mortgage Tax Deduction vs. Tuition Tax Credit
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Tax code represents the DNA of a society, at least as much as do cultural norms (see the Sightline Institute's "Tax Shift" brochure for more good analysis of this). In many respects, the tax code... More »
Creation vs. Conflict
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I recently ran across a survey that claimed that 80% of college graduates want work that is "meaningful" when they graduate. As a school administrator, I frequently receive resumes from people in their 40s... More »
Great Video on Parents and Students Taking Back Education
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From Drew Carey at Reason TV: Vikki Reyes has had it with Locke High, the school her daughters attend in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. She walked in on class one day and recalls... More »
Homeschoolers' setback sends shock waves through state
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A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk... More »
Mastering the Art of Living
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“The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his... More »
poverty
May 2008