The following education related posts were found via reddit.com:
In the past we've noted a couple tongue-in-cheek posts comparing public schools to prisons. It is starting to look less and less humorous. Some schools in Michigan have decided that Students must wear school ID badges. It would be interesting to know how many high school students feel like they are in a jail.
Gerry Garibaldi has a fascinating article on How the Schools Shortchange Boys in the City Journal. (Warning there is a swear word.) He explains that schools are designed to teach girls and thus boys are losing out. For example if you give an assignment girls typically will start the assignment and work on it. In contrast boys will demand to be told the relevance. The schools response is often to move boys to "special ed." Gerry Garibaldi writes about his experience in teaching "special ed" classes. This was scary: "To get into special ed, however, administrators must find something wrong. In my four years of teaching, I’ve never seen them fail." Garry's article is worth reading.
Time.com has an article on The Myth About Homework. Claudia Wallis writes about studies which question the effectiveness of vast amounts of homework. A certain amount of homework does improve understanding, but more can be very destructive.
All of these drive home our belief that homeschooling is a great options. Our children are not treated like inmates. If we are blessed with boys we won't make them feel like drop outs. And we can tailor the amount of homework to the individual and subject material.
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