Blogs about: John Holt
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Gatto on the Evils of Public Education
This post reviews John Taylor Gatto, Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling (New Society Publishers, 2009). John Taylor Gatto is a … more →
Homeschooling Research Notes
Mr Bojangles
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Summerhill
Siobhán Kramer wrote 5 days ago: Months ago, I agreed to review a book for the upcoming Irish Home Education Network conference. The … more →
Updated Summer Reading List
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meorthethoughtofme wrote 2 weeks ago: Playful Parenting, Lawrence J. Cohen How Children Learn, John Holt Learning All the Time, John Holt … more →
E's song of the day
Erik wrote 2 weeks ago: Another Monday brings another opportunity for some smooth jams for your listening pleasure. I apol … more →
Jamrock Reggaefest with Beres Hammond & Friends Saturday - July 18, 2009 in NY
highlanda wrote 3 weeks ago: Musical legends Frankie Paul and John Holt join Beres Hammond on stage at the 12th Annual JAMRO … more →
Homeschooling styles and methods: unschooling
militaryhomeschooling wrote 1 month ago: John Holt[1] was the first writer to use the existing word, “unschooled.” Holt used the word to mean … more →
Dance, Sustainability, and Counterpoint
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Mara wrote 1 month ago: My friend Hannah used the Counterpoint Tool from Synchronous Objects as a way of framing related ide … more →
Less is more
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meadowsage wrote 2 months ago: “Learning consists of daily accumulating. The practice of the Tao consists of daily diminishi … more →
An appetitie for learning
meadowsage wrote 2 months ago: “Of course, a child may not know what he may need to know in ten years (who does?), but he kn … more →
Meaningful Significant Relevant
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meadowsage wrote 2 months ago: “What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persis … more →
Family lunch
meadowsage wrote 2 months ago: This is what I see now. It is lunchtime. My children are with me (my eldest took the photo). My hus … more →
"Children do not need to be made to learn to be better, told what to do or shown how. If they are given access to enough of the world, they will see clearly enough what things are truly important to themselves and to others and they will make for themselves a better path into that world then anyone else could make for them." John Holt (1923-1985)
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meadowsage wrote 2 months ago: John Holt was an American author and educator, he became one of the best known proponents of homesc … more →
The Tide is High - Blondie
chblack wrote 2 months ago: Chart Position: 1 Lead vocals: Debra Harry Originally recorded by Paragons (1967) Written by Duke R … more →
Mellow day......
lydia grewell wrote 2 months ago: I woke up this morning to a darkness, that I could only assume was due to rain. I had to jet out the … more →
Unplanned vacation
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Jennifer Knoblock wrote 2 months ago: Little did I know, when I wrote my last post, that I would not write another for an entire month. Th … more →
American education, schools, and learning
lavender wrote 3 months ago: What’s going on in America’s schools? John Stossel’s ‘Stupid in America … more →
Reggae Vault Classics 15
highlanda wrote 3 months ago: Cover via Amazon This is the latest episode of the syndicated Reggae Vault Classics podcast p … more →
POLICE IN HELICOPTER SICKNESS...
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generationbass wrote 3 months ago: This tune got played last friday by SUBWAY dj NICON, I had to go search for that piece of pure evil … more →
musicology #303
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themusicologist wrote 5 months ago: JamaicanVocalGroupAction #14 (The Paragons – The Tide Is High) The end of the road for this th … more →
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