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Ok, I apologize for the argumentum ad hominem–what may seem like a logical misstep or at least an ethical lapse in the second part of the post title above, but come on! This came across the wire today. I’ve pasted it below, but you can find it’s original context at Think Progress. I couldn’t believe [...]

John Taylor Gatto is scheduled to speak at this year’s InHome Conference. Gatto is a writer and speaker, an outspoken critic of compulsory education, a homeschooling advocate, and an award winning former New York public school teacher. He’s in the process of raising money to complete a documentary film entitled The Fourth Purpose. Just recently, [...]

Author, educator, and speaker Sir Ken Robinson writes and speaks about the dire need for creativity to be a crucial element of public education lest we face a future far bleaker than our present. The problem, though, as he articulates so well, is that public education is in the business of educating us out of [...]