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  • How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade

    How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade0

    My older children attend a self-directed learning center for unschoolers a couple of days a week. I love to hear the stories they share about what they do during the day. Classes are offered and are generated based on the young people’s interests, but they are entirely voluntary. Kids can attend classes or do their

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  • Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools

    Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools0

    As the Chicago teachers’ strike continues with no end in sight, 300,000 students spend another day outside of the public school classroom. Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, says this is damaging to children. “We need to get our kids back in school,” the mayor said Thursday, CNN reports. “Every day we are out, that hurts our

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  • When the Quest for Education Equity Stifles Innovation

    When the Quest for Education Equity Stifles Innovation0

    • October 10, 2019

    In March, efforts to open an innovative public high school in a diverse, urban district just outside of Boston received a devastating blow. Powderhouse Studios was in the works for seven years, with grand hopes of changing public education from a top-down system defined by coercion to a learner-driven model focused on student autonomy and

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  • Early Starts in School Lead to Higher Rates of ADHD Diagnoses

    Early Starts in School Lead to Higher Rates of ADHD Diagnoses0

    Parents want the best for their children, particularly when it comes to education. While many parents may feel the cultural push toward earlier schooling, some are questioning these evolving norms and delaying school enrollment or forgoing conventional schooling altogether. Intellectual Disabilities and Depression Previous findings by Harvard researchers showed increased ADHD diagnosis rates for children

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