by Beth Hopkins | Nov 7, 2014 | Education Blog
In the small milling town of Nelson on the rolling English countryside, sits a tiny elementary school with a giant heart. Its motto is “Learn to Love, Love to Learn”. This year, after completing testing, Barrowford Primary School sent a remarkable letter to its...
by Beth Hopkins | Nov 6, 2014 | Education Blog
In 1947, Dorothy Sayers stepped up to a podium at Oxford University and gave a piercing critique of our modern educational system. She bemoaned the industrial complex that had turned education into a factory, teaching children in repetitive ways. Students were...
by Beth Hopkins | Oct 26, 2014 | Education Blog
Developed by Maria Montessori in Italy during the late 1800’s, Montessori education is a popular method of alternative schooling – there are over 5,000 schools in the U.S. and around 10,000 worldwide, providing education from pre-school through high school. The...
by Beth Hopkins | Oct 26, 2014 | Education Blog
In a recent survey at 400 homeschools, parents identified three common areas they wanted to improve upon: 1) I want to specialize more in my child’s interest areas. 2) I want to make homeschooling more fun and hands-on (especially in arts and...
by Beth Hopkins | Sep 26, 2014 | Education Blog
The concept of “Learned Optimism” was originated by Martin Seligman in his 1990 book. He states that people can be trained to be optimists by adopting new ways of handling adversity, and that these optimists are happier people who achieve more life...
by Beth Hopkins | Sep 25, 2014 | Education Blog
The answer is “Yes!” Proponents for classical education place a strong emphasis on rote learning, especially during the Elementary schooling years. The theory is that young minds soak up facts quickly – multiplication tables, languages, names of things and...
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