‘Unschooling’ Gaining Popularity, Allows Children Alternative Learning Tools
Wiki image Leanne Italie Associated Press — School’s never out for 14-year-old Zoe Bentley. Nor is it ever in. The perky teen from Tucson, Ariz.,…
Education
New Answer to ADD and ADHD: Accelerated Education
Ritalin – Wiki Commons Image Beth Rosen Enlightenment is Here Hyperdrive or Hyperactivity? Many children who are medicated for ADD (attention deficit disorder) and ADHD…
College students stumped by search engines, research finds
The students “appeared to lack even some of the most basic information literacy skills that we assumed they would have mastered in high school.” Wiki…
Student Loan Debt Climbs
Justin Lahart Wall Street Journal Americans have cut back on credit of all kinds, with one notable exception. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of…
Decentralized Education
Princeton Graduation – Wiki Image Citizen Doctor Don’t Tread On Me “I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the…
Detroit mother found in neglect for refusing to medicate daughter with psychiatric drugs
Mike Adams Natural News Detroit mom Maryanne Godboldo, who was subjected to an armed SWAT team assault on her home during an attempted kidnapping by…
8 Years In Prison for a Harmless Prank? Handcuffed for Doodling? The Increasing Criminalization of Students
Young people are being suspended, expelled and charged with criminal offenses for behavior as innocuous as doodling on a desk. image: AlterNet Rania Khalek AlterNet…
Unschoolers learn what they want, when they want
Bohemian Travelers image Jacque Wilson CNN Six-year-old Karina Ricci doesn’t ever have a typical day. She has no schedule to follow, no lessons to complete….
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance. Dees Illustration Bruce E. Levine AlterNet Traditionally,…
The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s
Princeton Graduation – Wiki Image Laura Pappano The New York Times William Klein’s story may sound familiar to his fellow graduates. After earning his bachelor’s…
Homeschool, Anti-vaccine Family Ripped Apart by CPS: Chronology of a Kidnapping
Henderson Family ripped apart by CPS because of lifestyle Activist Post PASADENA, CA – The case of Jeffrey and Erica Henderson provides a continuation of…
Disengage From the U.S. Government
Fred Reed Lew Rockwell When a country works reasonably well – when the schools teach algebra and not governmentally mandated Appropriate Values, when the police…
Graduating to Peace in the nuclear shadow
Wiki Image David Krieger Common Ground Dear Graduates, Having received a college degree, you are among the 6.7 percent of the world’s most educated elite. …
Student Loans and the Deficit
Will Federal Student Lending become the Government’s ATM machine? – Wiki Image Libby A. Nelson and Doug Lederman Inside Higher Ed WASHINGTON — For much…