There has never been a better time to homeschool through high school than right now. A big reason is because of all the amazing technology available to make the journey easier. And all of that tech has never been cheaper or more accessible. In this blog post, we’ll explore the best tech tools to [...]
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that education in America has changed dramatically. In a matter of days, tens of millions of families were forced to pivot to both working and teaching their children at home as schools across the nation closed in 2020. Although this new homeschool reality was a shock [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken remote learning fully mainstream. We can now see that millions of students—whether in a K-12 school or at college—can learn skills and obtain credentialing exclusively via the Internet. And thrive doing it! That’s not to say that distance learning doesn’t pose its challenges. It definitely does. I know firsthand. [...]
The primary purpose of education isn’t to impart knowledge. Instead, its purpose is to teach you how to learn. Does that concept sound like the utterings of a ninja master to his young apprentice? For sure! And at first look, it may even sound nonsensical. After all, when we think of K-12 schooling [...]
There’s no doubt about it: High school can be a challenging time. An alarming 70 percent of teens say that anxiety and depression are a major problem among their peers. A 2018 American Psychology Association survey reported that adolescents had worse mental health and higher levels of anxiety and depression than any other age [...]
So long 2020! If you’re like me, you’re glad to see 2020 in the rearview mirror as you head happily and hopefully into 2021. It seems like last year was a hard one for almost everyone I know, even if their family wasn’t directly impacted by COVID-19. All of us are glad for a [...]