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Thoughts and Words: the Chicken or the Egg?

by Andrew Pudewa One of the few criticisms of IEW’s checklist-based approach to teaching style runs something like this: “Students’ writing can sound ‘forced’ or ‘awkward’ when they are ‘required’ to ‘add’ an adjective... read more

Oct 01, 2013

That Puppy Won't Fly

The Core Problem with Educational Standards Today by Andrew Pudewa Over the past decade, I have had the privilege to interact with a wide range of teachers and parents, schools both public and private, charters,... read more

Jun 01, 2013

Concerns About Common Core

Over the past few weeks, many homeschooling families and bloggers have been expressing concerns about homeschool curricula changing to align with the Common Core standards. We would like to clarify for the homeschooling... read more

Jan 01, 2013

Recitals, Recitation, and Theatre

Performances in Preparation for Life DO YOUR CHILDREN TAKE MUSIC LESSONS? Ours did. Although their musical talents are vastly different, all three had music as part of their daily agenda, and my husband and... read more

Jan 01, 2013

Remembering Mrs. Myers

ON JUNE 29, 2012, Lesha Myers passed from this life after a long battle with cancer. The beloved author of three of IEW's books, The Elegant Essay, Windows to the World, and Writing... read more

Jan 01, 2013

Thoughts on Common Core

by Janet Spitler and Genevieve Priest The Common Core State Standards Initiative® has caused quite a stir in the educational world. Most states made the decision to adopt the standards before they had seen... read more

Jan 01, 2013

Why and How Music Will Save the World

Challenging the Crises in Educational Thought by Andrew Pudewa “Maybe music will save the world,” said Pablo Casals, the great cellist and humanitarian musician of the twentieth century. Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Suzuki Method,... read more

Jan 01, 2013

The Colloquium Environment

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the September 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) For the past ten years, I have always held a regularly scheduled colloquium for my teenage children and a... read more

Sep 01, 2012

What We Really Need

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the August 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) Depending on when one starts counting, this fall marks about our twentieth year of homeschooling. Daughter number four graduated... read more

Aug 01, 2012

Contemplating Grammar

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the June 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) It seems that the pattern of the Trinity permeates creation: body, mind, soul; harmony, melody, rhythm; truth, goodness, beauty; ethos,... read more

Jun 01, 2012

The Work of a Child

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the March 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) At some point, most homeschooling parents experience a sort of anxiety spike when their child hits twelve or thirteen years... read more

Mar 01, 2012

Thoughts and Words: the Chicken or the Egg?

by Andrew Pudewa One of the few criticisms of IEW’s checklist-based approach to teaching style runs something like this: “Students’ writing can... read more

That Puppy Won't Fly

The Core Problem with Educational Standards Today by Andrew Pudewa Over the past decade, I have had the privilege to interact with a... read more

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Concerns About Common Core

Over the past few weeks, many homeschooling families and bloggers have been expressing concerns about homeschool curricula changing to align with... read more

Recitals, Recitation, and Theatre

Performances in Preparation for Life DO YOUR CHILDREN TAKE MUSIC LESSONS? Ours did. Although their musical talents are vastly different, all three... read more

Remembering Mrs. Myers

ON JUNE 29, 2012, Lesha Myers passed from this life after a long battle with cancer. The beloved author of three... read more

Thoughts on Common Core

by Janet Spitler and Genevieve Priest The Common Core State Standards Initiative® has caused quite a stir in the educational world. Most... read more

Why and How Music Will Save the World

Challenging the Crises in Educational Thought by Andrew Pudewa “Maybe music will save the world,” said Pablo Casals, the great cellist and humanitarian... read more

The Colloquium Environment

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the September 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) For the past ten years, I have... read more

What We Really Need

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the August 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) Depending on when one starts counting, this... read more

Contemplating Grammar

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the June 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) It seems that the pattern of the Trinity... read more

The Work of a Child

by Andrew Pudewa (This article first appeared in the March 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®.) At some point, most homeschooling parents experience... read more

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