What if there was a way to dramatically improve parental involvement in our schools, improve financial oversight, put more money into classrooms, reduce bureaucracy, and better personalize education for children? At the 2014 Agency-Based Education conference, I tried to articulate what I believe is a reasonable roadmap toward achieving this objective. Total Transformation – A […]
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Here is Dr. Jesse Meeks’ presentation and notes from the 2013 Agency Based Education conference. Dr. Meeks brought an interesting perspective to the classroom as a chiropractor for 15 years who started a private school, and then went into teaching to find his true love, helping students grow. His topic was “Agency Based Education in […]
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This is Senator Osmond’s presentation from the 2013 ABE Conference. His presentation is on 3 bills he is sponsoring which deal with choice, natural accountability, and consequences that come with that choice. He believes the time has come to replace compulsory education law with a more effective parental choice and accountability law to allow for […]
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Lynn Stoddard presented at our November 2013 conference on a program he created some years ago called The Great Brain. Essentially, this project is designed to allow students to become “great brains” on a subject they choose. They dig in seeking various levels of mastery. Lynn Stoddard is a veteran educator with 36 years as […]
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Audrey’s speech was a personal favorite of mine from our November 2013 conference. She spoke on the topic of moving from opinion based living, to principle based. It is an excellent talk and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to live a life of principle. Her presentation notes are below the video. I highly […]
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Tammy Hulse gave one of my favorite presentations at the 2012 conference because it had as a prime focal point a re-evaluation of human psychology. We often think of the mind as the supreme organ of the body and that we make our decisions based on mental evaluation of facts. Tammy’s talk helps show the […]
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Common Core is far more than a set of standards. It is the complete globalization of education. In this presentation, Alisa Ellis helps expose Common Core’s agenda in the words of those that have put it together.
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In this presentation, Celia Johnson talks about agency-education in a charter school: “The Bruises and Benefits of Riding a Live Horse on Top of a Merry-Go-Round.”
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Three Grand Enticements for Abandoning Compulsory Education for Freedom-Based Education: 1. Trusting the Genius of our Children’s Creator, 2. A Long-Term Permanent Solution to Unemployment, and 3. The Preservation of Political Freedom in America. Jesse Fisher is a recovering public school teacher, founded a freedom-based private school in 1992, serves on the board of the […]
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“We started home schooling in 1979 and I loved it. Our family was forever changed and we became closer and happier. Where we lived in Idaho we were one of the first families to receive ‘permission’ to home school our children. We were pretty much alone and on our own, we were pioneers. That made […]
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