Category Archives: education

NC NC schools chief, amid crowded GOP race for lieutenant governor, calls to end Common Core

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Peter Watt

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson speaks at a school choice rally held at the N.C. Museum of History on Jan. 23, 2018. Hundreds attended the rally where Johnson was one of the featured speakers. EDUCATION NC schools chief, … Continue reading →

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Survey: Talking To Kids About Tech Most Fearful For Parents

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Peter Watt

(© Syda Productions – stock.adobe.com) January 31, 2020Intelligence, Mass Media, Parenting, Science & Technology, Society & Culture Survey: Talking To Kids About Tech Most Dreadful For Most Parents by Ben Renner SHARES17ShareTweet LONDON — Sitting down to talk about “the birds and the bees” used … Continue reading →

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FLORIDA Parents glad to see Common Core on the way out of school’s curriculum

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Peter Watt

  WINK NEWS Mom checks in with her children as they are doing homework. (Ivanhoe Newswire photo) Reporter: Andrea Henderson Writer: Lincoln Saunders Published:February 5, 2020 7:02 AM EST Updated:February 6, 2020 10:53 AM EST – Advertisement – RECOMMENDED: FLORIDA  … Continue reading →

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HOW COMMON CORE IS DESTROYING TRAINING OF TEACHERS

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Peter Watt

. How Common Core Is Destroying Has Destroyed Training of Teachers By Sandra Stotsky | February 20, 2019, 23:28 EST       Alpha-Phonics Blog Editor’s Note:  This a long , and somewhat tedious article.  We decided to leave most of it intact.  The … Continue reading →

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Are You Making Any of These Top Ten Homeschooling Mistakes?

Posted on March 12, 2019 by David Ryan

While perusing the Fall 2018 edition of Homeschool Idaho magazine, we came across an interesting and valuable article by Raquelle Sheen about the ten mistakes new homeschoolers can easily make. (You may recognize some of them yourself.) You might even … Continue reading →

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“Unschooled” Used to be an Insult!

Posted on February 6, 2019 by David Ryan

How is an unbirthday like an unschooling? It’s quite simple really: the first is not and never can be a birthday, and the second isnot and never can be a schooling. Now that we have that cleared up, you may … Continue reading →

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Pakistan’s Economy of Child Labor- Problem: Illiteracy

Posted on December 4, 2018 by David Ryan

  A few years ago we learned how an American, Garth Weibe of Massachusetts, was making a difference for a  number of children toiling in the brick yards of Pakistan by using Alpha-Phonics to teach reading. The conditions he found … Continue reading →

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It’s like a whole school in one book…..Why?

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Peter Watt

Leading Homeschool curriculum reviewer Mary Pride says:  “…the reasoned explanation of why you should follow classic methods of instruction sets How To Tutor apart. Not a bad price for learning how to teach your child the three R’s from preschool … Continue reading →

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Mom teaches her 8 kids to read with one $ 20 Alpha-Phonics

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Peter Watt

Twenty-three years and one copy of Alpha-Phonics – not a bad run for just $19.95!  Yes, that’s what Alpha-Phonics cost 23 years ago.  We don’t put a dollar value on a person learning to read because we think it’s incalculable, … Continue reading →

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Is Universal Pre-K Really the Way to Go?

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Meg Rayborn Dawson

There is something just so right-sounding and attractive about the idea of Pre-K for every kid in America.  It’s just a “no-brainer”, isn’t it?  There is no doubt that the concept is gaining popularity all over the country and, of … Continue reading →

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