Unschooling is the Future - Nevada Educational Options Coalition

As Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald points out, our current school model was established at the beginning of the Industrial Age. It was created to prepare students to spend their lives working in a factory.

But in today’s Imagination Age, this model is actually hurting the students it is supposed to be teaching. Students who need to be learning about critical thinking and experimentation are instead just taught to pass standardized tests.

Kerry McDonald believes that unschooling, or Self-Directed Education is the answer. Read her article in FEE to learn more.

Read the Full Article

Public Schools

Sexual Abuse in Schools Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

ByDara Simons April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education legislation has been causing an uproar with the mainstream media. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as critics call it, prohibits public school teachers from teaching kindergarten to third graders about sexual orientation or gender identity. While the media is saying proponents of the bill are conspiracy theorist, Christopher Rufo…

Homeschooling

Harvard Prof’s Strange Claims About Homeschoolers Debunked—By Harvard’s Own Research

ByDara Simons January 19, 2022December 22, 2021

Last year Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet claimed that homeschooling should be banned because it’s a threat to our children’s wellbeing. But as homeschooling graduate Andrew Reder points out in his article in the Tampa Free Press, research by Bartholet’s own colleagues prove her wrong.

Public Schools

Clark County School District’s New Grading Policy

Byadministrator February 25, 2022February 9, 2022

Is Clark County School District’s new grading policy really helping students? It certainly doesn’t seem like it! When students returned to in person learning in the fall of 2021, the district had implemented a new grading policy that gives every student a minimum of a 50, as well as prohibiting teachers from penalizing students for…

Charter Schools | Homeschooling | Microschools | Public Schools

4 Positive Education Trends to End 2021

Byadministrator February 20, 2022February 21, 2022

Not everything to come out of the pandemic is bad. In fact, there’s been some really positive trends in the area of education. Kerry McDonald, FEE Senior Education Fellow, outlined four positive education trends in 2021.

Public Schools

Is Striking the Answer?

Byadministrator March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

The last two years have shown us just how powerful teachers unions can be in shaping our nation’s education system. But whose best interest do these unions really have at heart? 4,500 members of the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and Education Support Professionals are currently on strike to demand higher pay, better working conditions, and smaller…

Public Schools

Elko County voters reject school construction bonds in special election

ByDara Simons December 24, 2021December 22, 2021

Nearly 60 percent of voters in Elko County voted against the school board’s bond proposal. The school board had proposed taking out $150 million in general obligation bonds, and obviously the public did not agree with that proposal. Voters in opposition to the bond proposal argued that the school board needs a greater level of…

Nevada Educational Options Coalition

Similar Posts