Short, profound video (French with English subtitles of Andre Stern talking about the importance of play, for learning (and the frivolous nature of "education"):
http://journaljose.blogspot.ca/2013/05/andre-stern-in-english-lifelong-playing.html
And a link to an interview, there.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Accuracy in Academia, small article on homeschooling
Homeschooler uprising in America?
Spencer Irvine, May 3, 2013
http://www.academia.org/homeschooler-uprising-in-america/
WASHINGTON – According to researchers, disgust, dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the U.S. public school system is on the rise, so much so that the number of homeschoolers is on the rise.
“Since 1999, the number of children who are being homeschooled has increased by 75%,” Julia Lawrence reports in Education News. “Although currently only 4% of all school children nationwide are educated at home, the number of primary school kids whose parents choose to forgo traditional education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year.”
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Spencer Irvine, May 3, 2013
http://www.academia.org/homeschooler-uprising-in-america/
WASHINGTON – According to researchers, disgust, dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the U.S. public school system is on the rise, so much so that the number of homeschoolers is on the rise.
“Since 1999, the number of children who are being homeschooled has increased by 75%,” Julia Lawrence reports in Education News. “Although currently only 4% of all school children nationwide are educated at home, the number of primary school kids whose parents choose to forgo traditional education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year.”
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