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The Student Resistance Handbook

Legal Issues, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaSeptember 20, 2012Student resistance handbook, The war on kidsComment

Alfie Kohn on Why Numbers Trump Human Feedback in Education

Homeschooling Current Issues, Learning and Teaching, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaSeptember 18, 2012Alfie Kohn, Assessments, TestsComment

Online Learning's Growing Pains

Homeschooling Current Issues, Public School Issues, Technology and EducationPatrick FarengaJuly 20, 2012Education research, Homeschooling, online learning Comments

The Corruption of the Best is the Worst

Ivan Illich, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaJuly 12, 2012Corruption, Ivan Illich, School Comments

Knowing What Can and Can’t be Taught

Learner-centered curricula, Learning and Teaching, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaJune 14, 2012Home Library Effect, Late reading, reading Comments

International Homeschooling News

Homeschooling Current Issues, Learning and Teaching, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaJune 4, 2012Homeschooling News, India, Indian Institute of Technology, Phillipine IslandsComment

The War on Kids to Air May 6 on the Documentary Channel

Learning and Teaching, Legal Issues, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaMay 4, 2012Cevin Soling, S, TThe war on kids Comment

John Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction Speech

Homeschooling Current Issues, Learning and Teaching, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaApril 25, 2012John Taylor Gatto, School reform, Weapons of Mass Instruction Comment

The Moral Argument Against Compulsory Education

Homeschooling Current Issues, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaFebruary 28, 2012Cevin Soling, Compulsory Education, Public School, Slavery Comment