Why homeschooled children love reading
October 30, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… In the absence of coercion and regimented time tables, a genuine love of literature can grow. Continue reading →
Biological foundations for self-directed education
October 23, 2017 – Peter Gray …… Here are four powerful, innate drives that lead children to educate themselves. Continue reading →
The learner precedes the teacher
September 18, 2017 – Isaac Morehouse …… The desire to learn must come first in order for genuine education to occur. Continue reading →
Compulsory schooling is incompatible with freedom
September 16, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” ……. Thomas Jefferson, 1816 Continue reading →
The rise of mass schooling and the fall of parental choice
September 13, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… 19th century education reformers were deeply afraid of parental authority. Continue reading →
Education used to happen outside of school
September 9, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… Schooling as a forced societal construct is a fairly recent phenomenon. Continue reading →
At Back-to-School time, the childhood suicide rate rises
September 6, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… It may be no coincidence that September is Suicide Prevention Month. Continue reading →
Homeschoolers: The enemy of forced schooling
August 26, 2017 – Kerry McDonald …… “What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children’s growth in the world is not that it is a better school than the schools but that it isn’t a school at all.” Continue reading →
Who is the government really helping with student loans and grants?
March 31, 2017 – Lee Friday …… Students who took out more student loans were more likely to report poor mental health in early adulthood. Almost 40 per cent of York students said financial stress has caused them to consider dropping out. The average debt-ridden student owed $26,819. Continue reading →
Why do we reward teachers for NOT doing their jobs?
February 22, 2017 – Lee Friday …… Canadian Press Headline, August 31, 2016: Half of Ontario Grade 6 students failed to meet provincial math standard. Canadian Press Headline, February 14, 2017: Tentative deal gives Ontario elementary teachers pay raise. Continue reading →