Posted on Sep 30th, 2008
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Dear FLOW, I’ve just returned from two weeks in Senegal, a beautiful land with a tolerant Islamic culture, mostly Sufi, a very strong work ethic, an indigenous entrepreneurial tradition, and an HIV/AIDS rate that is... More »
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Posted on Mar 11th, 2008
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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 »
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Posted on Mar 7th, 2008
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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 »
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2008
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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 »
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Posted on Oct 15th, 2007
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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 »
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Posted on Oct 3rd, 2007
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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 »
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Posted on Oct 1st, 2007
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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 »
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Posted on Sep 28th, 2007
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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 »
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