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Here's part two of your weekend homework. :) The first video has some amazing facts about the origin of public school and why this model is absolutely ineffective and actually harmful for today's and tomorrow's students. The second is from the perspective of a young person whose parents chose to pull him from public school and how he feels about it. Not all families in our modern age can logistically homeschool.  Some simply must have both parents working. Some are single parent families whose jobs and life circumstances simply do not allow room for it. Some families have illness or other obstacles. That is why I, and so many others, feel like the modern education model in public schools should be based on modern needs. School is not the devil necessarily. But the majority of young people exiting these institutions have not been given an education that equips them to deal with modern life. And college is not doing substantially better in that department eith...

Here's part one of your weekend homework! :) These following Ted Talks are presented by Sir Ken Robinson. For over seven years he has been considered an authority on Education Reform. Unfortunately, not enough people in positions of authority are willing to actually implement real reform. Some of you may have already seen these, but they are certainly worth the hour for all three.

This program is awesome. This should be part of regular school. This should be part of regular life!