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Another Reason to Home School Especially if You Live in Oregon
Can’t read, can’t write, can’t add, can’t subtract? That’s OK. The Oregon Department of Education just voted unanimously last Thursday, October 19, to confirm students don’t need to prove mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate. They cited “harm to students of color” as the reason. To learn more about this decision, read the…
It Often Begins with Awareness
Last November our internet went down completely for two days. I was in the middle of an Amazon transaction when it happened. Email and text went and stayed down too. Century Link called the event an internetoutage. For me, it felt like the beginning of a withdrawal experience. It was a withdrawal experience! What I realized…
What Grade is My Child In, and Does it Matter?
There are two questions here. The answer to the first question, “What grade is my child in,” in one sense is unimportant from an educational point of view. Elementary education is largely skill-based. Skills, of course, are linked to grade levels. Even so, a degree of mastery of a particular skill should be evident before…
The line between good and evil…
Hello Home Schoolers! The above subject line is a partial quote by Seth Dillon, CEO of the Babylonian Bee. Read the full quote at the bottom of this post. Most home schoolers consider the teaching of morality, of character formation, to be a big deal. Academics, while important, comes in second. Unfortunately, the polarized political…
Living Memento Mori Part 6: The Smallest Kindness Makes a Difference
I don’t know about you but most of the books I buy are often associated with other writers or content creators- a reference in the text itself, a foot note, etc. I was introduced to Phil Volker by Terry Hershey, who in turn had written an endorsement to a Robert Capon book I had just…
