III. OPTIMAL PRODUCTIVITY: A Parable of Opti v. Max

Optimal Productivity versus Maximum Output https://youtu.be/_I-bOk1kGlQ One of the first recognizable benefits of homeschooling is the flexibility in schedule. There is no giant chunk of your day taken up by school. There are smaller pieces of time to work with throughout the day. This flexibility increases productivity in multiple areas, especially that of learning. Learning …

I. ENRICHEMENT: How to Use Audio Books to Teach Your Child to Read

The Ice Cream Cone of Learning is a 21st Century model of one of the most powerful educational concepts you can know...Enrichment

Why Home school in the 21st Century? OBJECTION CRUSH

https://youtu.be/NLDtR6POGoc Stakeholders Students I was a student in the public school system, and am currently a student at the graduate level. I understand the pain of being forced to participate in a system counter to everything I needed, and I know the joy of being in an environment that works. The stakes could not be …

Introduction to 21st Century Homeschooling

https://youtu.be/lORyAqOqe9I   A Tale of Two Learning Machines     Compared to going to work every day going to school seems like a cake walk so it's easy to forget how truly unfantastic school was. Think back to your days in the K-12 school system. No don't think of those pretty boys or handsome girls you hoped …

Using Changes in Mode of Transportation to Understand needed Changes in Education

    In 1995, Walter Russell Mead, described his understanding of the effects of technological change on society as seen in the changing modes of transportation, specifically he begins with the railroad, which was the "crowning achievement" of the Victorian Era, in that they require the effective combination of, "all the political, engineering, manufacturing, financial, and administrative …

The Kingdom Episode 1: The Start

https://youtu.be/AyTzVhKN2kw The Start Slowly, ever so slowly, William crept toward the front door, heavy leather boots in hand, and a full pack snug on his back.  He placed each step lightly on the puzzle of an old and vocal wooden floor. “Where are you going?”  His father asked from a shadowed position next to the …

5 Ways Our School Manages the Rising Costs of Education

The rising cost of education is often discussed as a national issue, and our institution is dealing with the rising cost of education as a local issue. Kezar (2013) provides startling numbers and a cold comparison to describe the rising tide of costs of higher education, "Tuition and fees went up 274% from 1990 to …

The 16ers

  By Thomas H. Cannon Like the blank page the universe is infinitely empty, and yet filled with invisible boundaries, fundamental laws, and incomprehensible restrictions.  Each aspect of this infinity will eventually be engaged, because life fills every emptiness it can, as water fills any cup to the brim before running over. If the boundaries of a cage are so distant …

Gamification of Learning

  Gamification of Learning Part I: The Quest-ion The issues with curriculum are an old punching bag for me, so I will instead focus on solutions or options in curriculum, specifically the support system of “gamification”.  This feature can be seen in the mastery assessment system of Khan Academy, by which students earn points and …

Force Field Analysis Part III: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Introduction The current infrastructure of mass education is built on an obsolete industrial age design incapable of producing the quantity and quality of human capital needed in the 21st century knowledge economy. Small fixes and incremental changes to the system will not suffice to fix the problems. Thanks largely to technological advances, an entirely new, …