Imagine a virus suddenly wreaked havoc on the world and everyone went into isolation. You have to work from home. Your kids’ school is closed for the foreseeable future. What do you do? How do you get started? What if you’re a single parent? Comforting Facts About Homeschooling 1. Yes, you can homeschool as a…

Many of these books are directly related to children, learning, and education, while others may appear to have a more tenuous link. I’ve included them because each one has played a significant role influencing my philosophies around education, such as context-based-learning and The Four Fundamentals of Education. Note: I update this list frequently. The Talent…

Note: I first published this in the South China Morning Post while I was living in Hong Kong. It has been revised slightly from its original version. Parents in Hong Kong care about the education of their children like nowhere else I’ve ever known. Where else are children as young as two and a half…

From 1980, the year I began kindergarten at the local public school in Arcadia, California, until I graduated from high school, I was part of the traditional K12 education system in the US. This education system was ingrained in my family. My mother earned a graduate degree in education and was a teacher for ~15…