http://news.abasiccurriculum.com Tagline Free Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From an unschooling article: “The [public] school system that we have now was invented in the late 19th century and had very explicit models: factories, railroads and the army,” Glass said. “So they took features from each of those areas and created a school system." The article has some interesting tidbits on ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/291 Jeanette Symons and her homeschooled son died in a plane crash Friday. She was piloting the plane. Her daughter was not on the plane. Jeanette was the CEO of Industrious Kid and founder of Imbee, a free social network for kids. http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/290 A new book, Chasing Windmills, includes a homeschooled character who has a fairy godmother who introduces him to the wonders of pizza. (source) Is that a stretch or what? Sebastian has never eaten pizza and his controlling homeschool dad takes sleeping pills at night which allow Sebastian to sneak out at night ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/289 Elisha Woienski, who's majoring in history, is currently a sophomore and on the Dean's List at the prestigious Citadel. Home-schooled as a teen, Woienski applied to a number of colleges and universities, but chose the Citadel because they offered him a full-ride scholarship, and because he liked the school more than ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/288 Tim Tebow, recent Heisman Trophy winner, was homeschooled. That is old news, I know. But in an article about his parents' upcoming appearance at a conference, we find out a little bit about their homeschooling philosophy. The Tebows decided 26 years ago to homeschool their children.... Teaching their children to ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/287 Okay, so my daughter did a ton of science yesterday, so now that she's got her math done for the day, we can get on with the other subjects. English - Shakespeare Geography/Social Studies - Venice and the Doge History - Battle of Obdurman (Winston Churchill fought in this battle) More History and ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/286 I am surprised that anyone would give anything that Robin Sampson (aka Robin Scarlata) has done a negative review. And yet, remarkably, it has happened. The following quotes come from Eclectic Homeschool Online, and they are about Robin's book, The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach. Mrs. Sampson presents the Hebraic educational ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/285 So, it is two days after the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. It is the perfect time to ask* your students to tell you what they know about Martin Luther. Some students will rattle off, "Assassinated in 1968, Montgomery Bus Boycott, I Have a Dream, etc." And then you can say, "Hmmm. ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/284 Are you one of those Frugal Friday people? Not me. I cannot share my tips each week about being frugal because you would be disgusted and think that I am an all-out kook and then never come back and read my words because I have discredited myself. I am that crazy ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/283 Okay, this is old news, but it is new to me. The Magna Carta went up for auction at the end of last year (2007). No, it was not on eBay. It was auctioned off by the famous Sotheby's. Magna Carta, a declaration of human rights that would set some of the ... http://news.abasiccurriculum.com/archives/282