Joanne Jacobs has a review of a government report finding that only 73% of students graduate from highschool in the "normal" four years. Sad and scary.
The Education Wonks has a post mentioning Joanne Jacobs' new book "Our School : The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds" Yesterday the Amazon ranking was 490,648. Today it is 6,726. A pretty good climb for one day. Also at The Education Wonks is the "The Carnival of Eduacation" which has a lot of good links.
HomeSchoolBuzz has a link to an opinion piece by Joel Turtel comparing prisons and schools. Joel wrote "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie to Parents and Betray Our Children" which was published earlier this year.
EducationNews.org has a couple interesting links. An article written in the UK claims schools are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Heartland Institute reports that colleges and universities are actively recruiting homeschoolers.
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