EP1: Kurt Wallace interviews Jared Fuller COO of OpenEd.co to discuss how market forces and government mandates are shifting parents' choice in education.
So glad to hear these words! I homeschooled my 2 kids in the 90's when it was unpopular & more difficult. I knew I was doing the right thing & looked down on for "shielding" my kids. But was NOT so! Lots of clubs, groups, outings they could participate in, even then. It's a lie, cause you're threatening their authority over your children!
I likewise. 1998-2006. My kids never graduated from high school but both took college classes starting at 14. They got jobs as student workers, joined clubs,had a wonderful time. Both now have careers and graduate degrees.
It's a great route. College students aren't regimented and spoon-fed like students in high school. The peer pressure isn't as intense because everyone doesn't know everyone else, and if someone gives you a hard time you don't have to spend time with them.
Thanks! They felt more mature and loved choosing their own classes. In addition, they were too young to go to the bar, so if they socialized, it was at restaurants or on campus.
We homeschooled our four kids - best experience ever - we didn’t do it for religious reasons, nor for political reasons, nor out of fear of societal influences, nor out of ideological motivations. We did it out of love for our children, for the extra precious time with them, for encouraging and nurturing their natural love of learning, for giving them a beautiful childhood with time to explore and grow. We read about the different philosophical approaches to education and tried to implement the best from these in our home. It was never easy but it was always a joy. When the time came the first three breezed into and through University - one with a Physics and Astronomy Masters Degree, another with a Masters in Fine Arts and illustration, the third with a degree in International Development. All are doing well working in fields they love and one has also started a very successful side business. Our fourth child is probably the most casually homeschooled - it gets more relaxed with each child as you realize that children have a desire to learn burning in them from the moment they emerge into this world - and if you allow that to keep going rather than trying to force and impose school like strictures on them, their self-education with gently guidance will fly on its own. Our fourth is now on the cusp of entering university, having already completed a Journalism credit. But still a bit young for full-time University.
I will say it was a financial and time struggle homeschooling them, but it was worth every moment and every difficulty overcome. We all grew and became better people, more human, together. Our children were not manufactured by a system and so they are now, each of them in their own way, extremely independent thinkers.
I think part of the reason some people don't believe in home schooling is because they will have no one to blame but themselves if their children can't read. It is easier to blame someone else.
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association has some numbers...www.hslda.org...but every state Ed dept. struggles w/ their public school student data. Add in that so many homeschoolers prefer privacy and autonomy...and numbers are hard to come by. There's even been litigation by families to get their DOE- who assigned student numbers to homeschoolers to NOT-demanding freedom. Freedom is at the heart of homeschooling❣️
My children have thanked me many times over for allowing them to escape the woke agenda and bizarre ideas that have damaged so many of my friends' children. Not to mention the fact that they've had so much time to develop their passions and skills whilst also thriving academically.
Decoupling is actually thing and we may be seeing how it cycles. With the pace of every other change accelerating, I expect this to do so as well. Then the higher education ecosystem. Christensen was predicting that years ago
Save your kids! Educate them in the home and prove that your children do not belong to the state.Teach them how to think for themselves and reason with accurate information. Teach them morals and guide toward creativity and to reach their goals and shape their lives as they see fit. No government intervention! No perversions and grooming your kids to lure them away and destroy a loving family.
Homeschooled U.S. Presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, James Garfield, William, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Polk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
It was great being on the Show and kicking off the series! Loved sharing the OpenEd.co philosophy and the open education movement plus my pontifications on the foundations on what it means to learn!
So glad to hear these words! I homeschooled my 2 kids in the 90's when it was unpopular & more difficult. I knew I was doing the right thing & looked down on for "shielding" my kids. But was NOT so! Lots of clubs, groups, outings they could participate in, even then. It's a lie, cause you're threatening their authority over your children!
My children then got academic scholarships to Liberty University. Both now have post/grad degrees in Medicine and more.
Same here! Both children K-12.
I was so “odd and uncool” aka my relatives!!!! Who’s laughing now???!! 😂😁
I always knew public school was crap and worked my butt off to keep my kids in private schools. Sadly, even those have turned to shite.
I likewise. 1998-2006. My kids never graduated from high school but both took college classes starting at 14. They got jobs as student workers, joined clubs,had a wonderful time. Both now have careers and graduate degrees.
I had 2 that didn't graduate HS but went immediately to community college and then University at 18. Both graduated from U of Houston with Honors.
It's a great route. College students aren't regimented and spoon-fed like students in high school. The peer pressure isn't as intense because everyone doesn't know everyone else, and if someone gives you a hard time you don't have to spend time with them.
Thanks! They felt more mature and loved choosing their own classes. In addition, they were too young to go to the bar, so if they socialized, it was at restaurants or on campus.
We homeschooled our four kids - best experience ever - we didn’t do it for religious reasons, nor for political reasons, nor out of fear of societal influences, nor out of ideological motivations. We did it out of love for our children, for the extra precious time with them, for encouraging and nurturing their natural love of learning, for giving them a beautiful childhood with time to explore and grow. We read about the different philosophical approaches to education and tried to implement the best from these in our home. It was never easy but it was always a joy. When the time came the first three breezed into and through University - one with a Physics and Astronomy Masters Degree, another with a Masters in Fine Arts and illustration, the third with a degree in International Development. All are doing well working in fields they love and one has also started a very successful side business. Our fourth child is probably the most casually homeschooled - it gets more relaxed with each child as you realize that children have a desire to learn burning in them from the moment they emerge into this world - and if you allow that to keep going rather than trying to force and impose school like strictures on them, their self-education with gently guidance will fly on its own. Our fourth is now on the cusp of entering university, having already completed a Journalism credit. But still a bit young for full-time University.
I will say it was a financial and time struggle homeschooling them, but it was worth every moment and every difficulty overcome. We all grew and became better people, more human, together. Our children were not manufactured by a system and so they are now, each of them in their own way, extremely independent thinkers.
I think part of the reason some people don't believe in home schooling is because they will have no one to blame but themselves if their children can't read. It is easier to blame someone else.
Homeschooling is a very positive trend for our Nation.
This would be more persuasive with some numbers
The total number of homeschooled kids went over 5 mil after COVID and has continued to go up.
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association has some numbers...www.hslda.org...but every state Ed dept. struggles w/ their public school student data. Add in that so many homeschoolers prefer privacy and autonomy...and numbers are hard to come by. There's even been litigation by families to get their DOE- who assigned student numbers to homeschoolers to NOT-demanding freedom. Freedom is at the heart of homeschooling❣️
My children have thanked me many times over for allowing them to escape the woke agenda and bizarre ideas that have damaged so many of my friends' children. Not to mention the fact that they've had so much time to develop their passions and skills whilst also thriving academically.
Decoupling is actually thing and we may be seeing how it cycles. With the pace of every other change accelerating, I expect this to do so as well. Then the higher education ecosystem. Christensen was predicting that years ago
Who is Christenson?
Clay Christensen, the late professor at Harvard Business School who made the words Jobs-to-be-Done popular
Thank you. I need to read more!
Save your kids! Educate them in the home and prove that your children do not belong to the state.Teach them how to think for themselves and reason with accurate information. Teach them morals and guide toward creativity and to reach their goals and shape their lives as they see fit. No government intervention! No perversions and grooming your kids to lure them away and destroy a loving family.
Hadn't a bunch of "home schoolers" grew-up right, fought and created this great Nation?
The teachers that did NOT stand up against this nonsense should be decertified.
Homeschooled U.S. Presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, James Garfield, William, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Polk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
https://www.spainexchange.com/faq/how-many-founding-fathers-were-homeschooled
Samuel L. Blumenfeld
NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education
I homeschooled off and on. Both daughters have homeschooled their boys. I never thought they would homeschool their kids!
It was great being on the Show and kicking off the series! Loved sharing the OpenEd.co philosophy and the open education movement plus my pontifications on the foundations on what it means to learn!
Yes this is one great way to raise your children to be normal happy and successful in life.