Josh Daniels spoke at our 2016 Agency-Based Education conference on the topic of Criminalizing Absence, the Injustice of Compulsory Education and Truancy Laws. This is one of the critical issues of our time. As babies and young children, we are largely dependent on someone else for our life and sustenance. When children grow from youth […]
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Jeremy Tate, founder of Classical Learning Initiatives, agreed to do an interview with me about the new CLT exam. The company will turn one year old in December and already it’s been adopted by 25 colleges as a valid entrance exam. In our interview we talk about the difference between the CLT and the ACT/SAT exams […]
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Eddy Zhong gave this talk at a TEDx event, sometime prior to February 2015 when it was published on YouTube. In his presentation, I believe he makes some valuable points of criticism about public education and the conformity we experience as we move along the path set by the state. See what you think and […]
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The 2016 ABE conference is now closed for registration. Click here to go to the detail page and see the speakers and topics: https://www.agencybasededucation.org/conferences/2016-conference/ The location of the conference is at the Thanksgiving Point golf course clubhouse, on the 3rd floor. On I-15 take the Highland/Alpine exit and head West. Stay on this road and […]
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I interviewed Connor Boyack, author of Passion-Driven Education, to ask him about his own education, and what drove him to write this book. What were the things in his own public education background that brought about such a change and how can parents make the transformation to thinking differently about education and what’s best for […]
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Neil Flinders, author of “Teach the Children: An Agency Approach to Education” and “Joseph Smith: America’s Greatest Educator,” presented a series of 4 lectures at the 2016 BYU Education Week event. Below are his slide presentations in an extended format to facilitate those that weren’t able to attend the lectures, in order to better explain […]
Read moreWhat is unschooling? Heidi Garvin Hendricks just how customized your child’s educational experience can get.
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Brenda Carlos is a certified strengths coach. In this presentation she discusses ways families can identify and use the individual strengths of their children to make the most of their personal education.
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Rebekah Mark talks about her unique alternative education experience and what worked for her.
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Leland Anderson from the American Heritage LDS private school, speaks on establishing a religious context for moral and academic education in families, churches, and schools.
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