By Oliver DeMille

During the last decade a number of books on education have promoted the need to put freedom back into our schools.

I have long called this the Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd) approach to learning, and I have enjoyed the many books and research that increasingly prove the

by Oliver DeMille

“Dad, can you read to me more?” Meri asked me.

Surprised, I looked up from my book and responded, “Oh, sure.”

I took the book she was reading and read a chapter aloud to her. When I finished, I handed her

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By Oliver DeMille

Took Me By Surprise

“Why don’t you ever tell stories about me in your books and blogs, Dad?”

“What do you mean?” I asked. “I tell stories about all the kids.”

“Not me,” Sara said. “At least not very much. You tell only a few minor things

By Oliver DeMille

“Wow!”

“Excellent!”

“So true!”

“Right on!”

Sometimes you experience something so excellent you just have to share it.

For this week’s issue of The Weekly Mentor, I want to share a TED speech by Ken Robinson.

You just have to see this. Take a few minutes and

By Oliver DeMille

“Wow!”

“Excellent!”

“So true!”

“Right on!”

Sometimes you experience something so excellent you just have to share it.

For this week’s issue of The Weekly Mentor, I want to share a TED speech by Ken Robinson.

You just have to see this. Take a few minutes and

We normally reserve the use of this forum for our blogs, and for announcements of services and offerings that relate especially to education in homes, families and forward-thinking schools. Please indulge us a slight expansion on that purpose today, in order to make you aware of a

By Oliver DeMille

At the beginning of the year I wrote two articles suggesting that the most important thing parents can do during the winter months to help their kids’ education was to read important books as a family in the evenings (or in classrooms, during the afternoons).

For

I thought this article was so good that I’m posting it as this week’s Weekly Mentor!

“Have American Parents Got It All Backwards?” by Christine Gross-Loh>>

And, here’s an additional article, by my wife Rachel:

For the Love of Words (and kids)

by Rachel DeMille

The Scripps National Spelling

We are living through a LeaderShift, and parents are at the very center of this major change.

This is true of all parents, and it is espeically true of those who homeschool or want to help their kids get a leadership education.

But just what is a LeaderShift?

As Orrin