Remember the Ten Ways For Schools To Confuse a Child ? Well, I'm pretty sure someone from the federal government read it and took my sug...

The Institute of Education Sciences has approved a $1.6 million study of the effects of stress on education. This is great! Right?! We will...

In case parents don't do enough to sufficiently confuse their children , teachers and school administrators can do their parts as well. ...

In my last post, Mom To the Rescue! , I mentioned a presentation I attended. The presentation was called Choosing the Right High School For ...

It's another common criticism of unschooling. A worry about raising a child without a curriculum: Won't your child feel stupid lat...

When talking about unschooling with people who are new to the idea, there is another question that usually follows Aren't there things e...

One of the common questions about unschooling and its lack of curriculum: Aren't there things everyone needs to know? I'm not su...

In my last post, I explained that one thing tests teach you as a student is that you are on your own. This is terrible enough in itself, as...

If you are required to take one test or quiz every week of your school life, you could end up taking roughly 400 of them in twelve years. An...

A train has advantages over other types of vehicles. It is a highly efficient, consistent, and relatively cheap way to get a lot of people t...

It's like someone hands you a train schedule when you are five years old, and it shows the plan for every day of the next thirteen to se...