tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post203440468882963308..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Winning without a battleTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-18503522726445936442007-05-01T12:23:00.000-06:002007-05-01T12:23:00.000-06:00I'm thinking the change induced by home schooling ...I'm thinking the change induced by home schooling might play out differently. "Homeschooling" is somewhat of a misnomer. There are so many online resources for homeschoolers, it's as much an online, networked, free ranging thing -- as a "stay out of the classroom" thing. As the parents and kids develop the network of like-minded families, there will be coalitions to attract public resources to support what's already up and running. So homeschooling is one of the things to do next - to answer your question on the post: "Educational reform".<BR/><BR/>With homeschoolers accustomed to being connected to other learners and parents, the transition to similar connections with physically-nearby neighbors will come easily. Then the use of neighborhood school facilities for some collaborative schooling by several parents could take shape easily. Legislatures will find it politically expedient to fund and support the change because it's been in the implementation phase for years, unlike the conceptualizing about School 2.0 that appears risky and too abstract.Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-74451117183353543162007-05-01T09:15:00.000-06:002007-05-01T09:15:00.000-06:00I've felt that once 51% of families opt out of pub...I've felt that once 51% of families opt out of public education then there will be no choice but to change. Opting out, as we are with homeschooling, is a form of passive resistance. I don't believe that home schooling is our best option for public education, but the state-owned monopoly gives us few choices. Later we can build better learner-centred structures.Harold Jarchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.com