Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

 Homeschooling Associated with Beneficial Learner and Societal Outcomes but Educators Do Not Promote It ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  This is part 5 of an 11 part series of papers  on the status of Homeschooling in the US.  Remaining parts will … Continue reading →

Reflections on a Decade of Changes in Homeschooling and the Homeschooled Into Higher Education ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  This an 11 part series of papers  on the status of Homeschooling in the US.  This is part 4.  Remaining parts will … Continue reading →

  Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children’s graves contained proteins from animal milk Modern-day baby feeding from reconstructed infant feeding vessel of the type investigated in the new study. (Helena Seidl da Fonseca) By Brian Handwerk SMITHSONIAN.COM SEPTEMBER 25, … Continue reading →

  How Special Interest Groups Are Taking Over School Curriculums   Will Bacha September 25, 2019 Petro Pete’s Big Bad Dream, produced and distributed by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. (Photo: Oklahoma Energy Resources Board website, OERB.com) Child in school (Photo: … Continue reading →

Confrontation and Cooperation: The Complicated Relationship Between Homeschoolers and Public Schools Peabody Journal of Education: Issues of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vol. 88, No. 3 ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  We are repeating this Series which ran in 2019. This an … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Rising Into the Twenty-First Century:  ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  This an 11 part series of papers  on the status of Homeschooling in the US.  This is part 2.  Remaining parts will be posted shortly. The study was conducted under … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Rising Into the Twenty-First Century:  ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  (This is a repeat of the series presented in 2019)   This an 11 part series of papers  on the status of Homeschooling in the US.  This is the Introduction and … Continue reading →

  Where Does the Word ‘Teetotaler’ Come From? And More Questions From Our Smithsonian Readers You’ve got questions, we’ve got experts The word “teetotaler” dates back to the temperance movement that preceded Prohibition. (Illustration by Salini Perera; Photo reference: U.S. Department … Continue reading →

  Most states earn a C in ALEC’s School choice-focused report card   Credit: Flickr; US Dept. of Education American Legislative Exchange Council By  Linda Jacobson ds and priorities of their states. Published Sept. 19, 2019 Dive Brief:     ON SCHOOL CHOICE … Continue reading →

  September 16, 2019Intelligence, Politics, Society & Culture Stumped: Just 2 In 5 Americans Could Name One Of Their Local Congress Members by Study Finds SHARES873ShareTweet Nationwide survey also reveals only 45% of adults would recognize their governor if they saw them … Continue reading →