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Homeschool Vs. Public School
In this post, we will discuss the common question of homeschool vs. public school. A recent article reported a number of studies indicating that on average, homeschoolers outperform public schoolers on common assessments like the SAT and ACT. Critics suggested this was due to more favorable demographics like parents’ income, marriage status, and level of…
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The New Economics
Last night, I went to a lecture by Jac Hielema of Economy Transformers on the new economics. It was life changing even for me who have been studying this for several years now. Extraordinarily, Jac and his colleagues in the Netherlands have managed to put this into tangible practice. I’d like to tell you a…
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Homeschool Easter
Homeschool Easter. You don’t have to be Christian to connect to its mythos and find value in its celebration. Of course, Christianity imbues this spring holiday with rich imaginations, but that’s not the point. The point is the resurrection of life as shown in these common symbols: In this post, I give some indications for…
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The Anxious Generation
Go to any town or city today. Look around and observe the youth, and what do you see? No doubt, you see young ones struggling to fit in, wearing questionable clothing, and just generally appearing insecure. This is nothing new for teens an adolescents, but this one seems more chronic, more deeply disoriented. You are…
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Artistic Science
Whatever your worldview, nobody can deny the ubiquitous impact of modern science on our culture. Through it, we have come to cure diseases, master the art of transportation, and produce goods faster and cheaper than ever before, among other benefits. Some people even hail science as the great expression of human achievement. Yet, we have…
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Teaching Children About Money
What is the value of teaching children about money? A few weeks ago, one of my eighth grade students asked if we could learn about the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in America during our American History Live Block. Of course I responded “yes” since this is one of me favorite things to understand.…
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Perfectionism in Children
In this post, we will to talk about perfectionism in children and its remedy. For some of you, this may be the most important blog post you read in your life, for the very qualities we discuss here could make or break your children’s future. You may wonder why I say, “its remedy.” I’m talking…
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Artistic Speech
In this post, we will introduce the benefits of artistic speech in education. First, however, let’s understand what we mean by artistic speech. All day long we talk, talk, talk, but how often do we pay attention to how we are talking? How much effort do we put into the formation of our vowels and…
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What Does it Mean to Be Human?
This post is effectively part III in our recent series on AI. We started by talking about AI in education broadly. Then, we talked about AI in teaching. In those posts, I kept hitting at a more central question, “What does it mean to be human?” For, if we want to know the place of…
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AI in Teaching
Last week, we wrote a post on this topic. A week later, I’m feeling like the message about AI in teaching wasn’t strong enough, so here’s essentially part II. The following expressed my own values around this issue, so take it or leave it. The Harm in Using AI in Teaching Regarding the question of…
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