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You know the other day, i was remembering my time in Atlanta and all of the bright shining stars they're cranking out, and i was thinking to myself...what could

You know the other day, i was remembering my time in Atlanta and all of the bright shining stars they're cranking out, and i was thinking to myself...what could we really do to drive a nail into the coffin of our youths futures'? And then suddenly this article shows up, must be fate! On a serious note, this is symptomatic of a larger national trend, we're paying more attention to everything OTHER than our children, and we wonder why we don't dominate markets that we did 20 years ago. Something drastic needs to be done, but less time with teachers, and more time un-supervised is probably not the extra "edge" our students need right now.

tokenadult 17y ago
we're paying more attention to everything OTHER than our children Not so here. I'm taking special care to make sure that all my four children are well educated. I do that in two ways: 1) I homeschool them, so that they have flexible curricula well matched to their needs with the highest quality available materials, and 2) I actively participate in two nonprofit organizations dedicated to improvement of education in my state. In one, I coordinate with other parents to promote better education for gifted learners inside or outside classroom schools, and in the other I coordinate a math education program helping young people advance in their math understanding at elementary age http://www.ams.org/notices/200502/fea-kenschaft.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200502/fea-kenschaft.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99/amed1.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99... http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99/wu.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99... http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall2009/wu.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues... Note the articles I have just linked to. You can't be sure that if most American children spent more time in elementary school classrooms that they would grow up with more knowledge of mathematics. The same is true of reading, but that's another set of links.
- thinkbohemian 17y ago
  你好, Having gone to public and private school, i can give a fair recommendation that while I learned more academically in private school, I learned more about dealing with difficult people and real world situations (accidentally) in public school. Home schooling can be part of the answer I just hope you are allowing your children to grow. More schooling isn't an absolute, just look at japan and ask why they don't produce (as many) innovators. I very much applaud your efforts to improve education of your state, i hope you keep up the good work. After looking at your bio, i see that you're very involved in the education system. I'm curious what brings you to HN other than good news and good commentators ^_^ . Do you also have plans to take over the world with a start-up like the rest of us?
  - roboneal 17y ago
    "Home schooling can be part of the answer I just hope you are allowing your children to grow." Do you honestly worry that he isn't allowing his child to "grow" by homeschooling? Public school is hardly the sole source for the teaching of "socialization" skills for children. Exchanging 50% graduation rates for lessons on "dealing with difficult people" is hardly a bargain.
    - thinkbohemian 17y ago
      If you're the type of person to home school, then your children aren't the demographic that doesn't graduate. On the other hand i've seen divisions in a YMCA league between the students who go to school together and the students who don't. Home schooling is very empowering, and beneficial. I support it and you. Not all parents consider "socialization" necessary, but you are obviously not all parents. Kudos.

tokenadult 17y ago

we're paying more attention to everything OTHER than our children Not so here. I'm taking special care to make sure that all my four children are well educated. I do that in two ways: 1) I homeschool them, so that they have flexible curricula well matched to their needs with the highest quality available materials, and 2) I actively participate in two nonprofit organizations dedicated to improvement of education in my state. In one, I coordinate with other parents to promote better education for gifted learners inside or outside classroom schools, and in the other I coordinate a math education program helping young people advance in their math understanding at elementary age http://www.ams.org/notices/200502/fea-kenschaft.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200502/fea-kenschaft.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99/amed1.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99... http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99/wu.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99... http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall2009/wu.pdf http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues... Note the articles I have just linked to. You can't be sure that if most American children spent more time in elementary school classrooms that they would grow up with more knowledge of mathematics. The same is true of reading, but that's another set of links.

thinkbohemian 17y ago
你好, Having gone to public and private school, i can give a fair recommendation that while I learned more academically in private school, I learned more about dealing with difficult people and real world situations (accidentally) in public school. Home schooling can be part of the answer I just hope you are allowing your children to grow. More schooling isn't an absolute, just look at japan and ask why they don't produce (as many) innovators. I very much applaud your efforts to improve education of your state, i hope you keep up the good work. After looking at your bio, i see that you're very involved in the education system. I'm curious what brings you to HN other than good news and good commentators ^_^ . Do you also have plans to take over the world with a start-up like the rest of us?
- roboneal 17y ago
  "Home schooling can be part of the answer I just hope you are allowing your children to grow." Do you honestly worry that he isn't allowing his child to "grow" by homeschooling? Public school is hardly the sole source for the teaching of "socialization" skills for children. Exchanging 50% graduation rates for lessons on "dealing with difficult people" is hardly a bargain.
  - thinkbohemian 17y ago
    If you're the type of person to home school, then your children aren't the demographic that doesn't graduate. On the other hand i've seen divisions in a YMCA league between the students who go to school together and the students who don't. Home schooling is very empowering, and beneficial. I support it and you. Not all parents consider "socialization" necessary, but you are obviously not all parents. Kudos.