Key points A recent Gallup poll shows that students rate schools low on enthusiasm for learning, mental health support, career preparation, and personalization. In fact, more than 20 percent of students gave their schools a D or lower. That means at least one in five students is deeply dissatisfied with […]
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Homeschools Have a New Source of Funding
The dining room is a learning lab, the living room is a classroom, and the backyard is a playground. Amy’s Anthem home is also a school. High Point Academy serves 11 students ages 6-14 and features a “hands-on, project-based approach to learning that builds real-world problem-solving skills and critical thinking”. […]
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Teaching Physiological Thinking
Formal learning is a humbling endeavor. As planners, designers, implementers, and general janitors of public and private educational systems, we have the insurmountable task of overcoming children’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in the hopes of providing them with a “good education.” Reading, writing, arithmetic, etc. There is […]
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The Strategy Behind Anchorage’s $5 Million Prize for Child Care and Early Education
Marijuana Tax Revenue Will Now Benefit Children and Their Families Anchorage, Alaska, will soon benefit from an additional $5 million to $6 million a year in child care and early education funding, thanks to voter-approved Proposition 14, also known as the “Take Care of Kids” measure, in April. A 5 […]
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