Purpose-Driven Learning Is the Only Kind that Lasts
June 19, 2018 – Kerry McDonald …… As Plato warned, “Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” Continue reading →
Colleges: Anti-Diversity and Pro-Exclusion
June 9, 2018 – Walter Williams …… Many professors spend class time indoctrinating students with their views. For faculty members who are Democrats [and most of them are], those views can be described as leftist, socialist or communist. Continue reading →
First Impressions of an Unschooling School
May 31, 2018 – Jeffrey Howard …… Envision a school that is not compulsory or coercive, that is a completely student-directed educational environment, whose primary aim is to develop emotionally intelligent children who can live meaningful lives. Continue reading →
The Myth of Institutionalized Learning
May 14, 2018 – Kerry McDonald …… Why are we so convinced that children learn through rigid curriculum? Continue reading →
Educational Fraud Continues
April 30, 2018 – Walter Williams …… Colleges are admitting youngsters who have not mastered what used to be considered a ninth-grade level of proficiency in reading, writing and arithmetic. Continue reading →
We Don’t Give Our Kids Exams. But That Does Not Mean They Are Not Tested.
April 6, 2018 – Kerry McDonald …… True discipline is self-imposed. Continue reading →
Ansel Adams Was Unschooled (How to Solve America’s Creativity Crisis)
March 26, 2018 – Kerry McDonald …… Creativity flourishes in freedom and shrivels with force. Continue reading →
The Most Basic Freedom Is the Freedom to Quit
February 12, 2018 – Peter Gray …… Schools will become moral institutions only when children are free to quit. Continue reading →
Black Self-Sabotage
January 31, 2018 – Walter Williams …… How long will black people accept the educational destruction of black youngsters? Continue reading →
Obedience Training is Unfit for Children
January 19, 2018 – Genevieve Simperingham …… However we treat our children, we are conditioning them to believe that this is what’s normal and acceptable in relationships. Our responses to our children can lift them up or put them down, empower or disempower them. We need to be very mindful of how we guide and lead them. Continue reading →