Homeschooling
Category archives for Homeschooling
Settling Conflicts: Guns and Homeschooling
Posted by Greg Laden on May 13, 2012 There was a time when I blogged regularly about homeschooling, though I have not done so in a long time. A while back I started to blog about gun ownership. I engaged in each of these topics for similar reasons. I have a political and professional interest in homeschooling (as a science educator) and a…
The Manga Guide to Relativity
Posted by Greg Laden on December 3, 2011 The The Manga Guide to Relativity might come in especially handy these days, what with faster than light neutrinos, Republican candidates and other science-defying entities zooming around. And, it is one of those Japanese anime things, which makes it cool. This is a story set in Tagai Academy summer’s school session, where the “plucky” Miss…
Recommended Reading from Sb
Posted by Greg Laden on April 6, 2010 New autism study: science or nonsense? Having daughters makes you more left-wing (in Britain and Germany) or more right-wing (in the United States) Whatever Happend To “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”????? If Boston Plans on Taxing Non-Profits, Tax All Non-Profits
Home-school texts dismiss evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on March 7, 2010 As expected, the home schoolers are by and large doing it wrong. No wonder they are always trying to hide the statistics behind manufactured libertarian values.
Every child is a casualty…
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2010 … when it comes to Creationist Home Schooling.
There is a small difference between Har Mar and Har Har
Posted by Greg Laden on February 10, 2010 Har Mar is a funny little shopping mall in Roseville Minnesota. It is the home of the annual Twin Cities Creation Science Science Fair. Sometimes we visit the science fair, but it is not to laugh at the students….
Courts allow University of California to reject credit for Creationist High School courses
Posted by Greg Laden on February 7, 2010 A federal appellate court has ruled against a Christian school in Murrieta which had sued the University of California over its refusal to accept high school courses that rely on the Bible as the unerring source of truth. Details here. Next step: Homeschoolers! (Hat tip: August Berkshire)
2010 Home School Science Fair
Posted by Greg Laden on February 1, 2010 Is scheduled!
Empowering the individual does not equal ensmartening the individual
Posted by Greg Laden on December 14, 2009 Imagine the following scenario. Two guys are walking down the street, in different cities. Guy A has two PhDs, one in quantum physics with a focus on dimensionality dynamics, the other in astrophysics with a focus on relativistic aspects of gravity and black holes. She has published dozens of peer reviewed papers on both topics…
The Irony of Henry Adams: The most misunderstood quote evah!
Posted by Greg Laden on October 27, 2009 I just received a mass emailing from Julia’s high school, in the name of the principal. Routine business. At the end of the missive was this quote: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. What does this quote mean to you? If you don’t know its context, you may be…