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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Educational Insight of the Week

Posted by on Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 9:36 PM

It comes from the parent of a kid victimized by the "unschooling" movement — a somewhat unconventional approach to primary and secondary education described in Sunday's Tennessean feature ("somewhat unconventional" being code for "downright loopy"):


"Honestly, what do children really need to know when they graduate from high school — to balance their checkbook, change the oil in the car and check the tire pressure, real-life things. I think those things are just as important as history, math and reading."


Radical educational theory or parental malpractice? You make the call.

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