education Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/education/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 education Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/education/ 32 32 89931359 Virtue, Education, and the Electorate https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:46:32 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2787 An orderly line of voters snaked halfway around the parking lot at the polling place this morning. The crowd courteously made way for seniors with canes, wheelchairs, or walkers, with quiet thanks to those who sported evidence of military service. My...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/feed/ 1 2787 The Blog Move: Education, Entrepreneurship, and Soul Care https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-blog-move/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-blog-move/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 01:30:33 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=1907 I’ve had two blogs for quite awhile. One was all about homeschooling, and this one was about entrepreneurship. Over the past year or so, I’ve noticed that topics were beginning to overlap, so I finally made the leap and moved...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-blog-move/feed/ 0 1907 The Madness of Multiple Choice, A Guest Post by Andrew Pudewa https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-madness-of-multiple-choice-a-guest-post-by-andrew-pudewa/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-madness-of-multiple-choice-a-guest-post-by-andrew-pudewa/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:27:55 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1316 If you’ve ever wondered whether Excellence in Literature needed a few multiple choice questions to make it “better,” this delightful essay by my friend and publisher Andrew Pudewa will make our position clear. Like comprehension questions, another pernicious evil, multiple-choice...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-madness-of-multiple-choice-a-guest-post-by-andrew-pudewa/feed/ 0 1316 Re-imagining Education: Visions for the Future https://doingwhatmatters.com/re-imagining-education-visions-for-the-future/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/re-imagining-education-visions-for-the-future/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:30:02 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1122 Here is a playlist of a dozen interesting TED talks on education, mostly reflecting on the nature of education and traditional schooling and considering how it could be done better.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/re-imagining-education-visions-for-the-future/feed/ 0 1122 Summertime Carnival of Homeschooling https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:35:07 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1212 Today's Carnival shares posts on the state of education and leaving a homeschooling legacy, helpful articles on planning and organizing your school year and day, and a few extras on things such as how to whistle, whether homeschoolers can redeem BoxTops for Education, and more

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/feed/ 3 1212 Charlotte Mason was Right! Education is an Atmosphere https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-was-right-education-is-an-atmosphere/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-was-right-education-is-an-atmosphere/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:15:36 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=531 Charlotte Mason said that "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life," and she was right. A study published in 2010 on "Family Scholarly Culture and Educational Success" (PDF), reports that a family's "scholarly culture – the way of life in homes where books are numerous, esteemed, read, and enjoyed" matters. Here's how!

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-was-right-education-is-an-atmosphere/feed/ 4 1877 What Does the Common Core Mean for Homeschoolers? https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1102 Common Core Standards are a cause for concern. The CCS promise to nationalize mediocrity and increase control over every aspect of K-12 education, and ultimately over every citizen. Here are articles and resources to help you learn more, including an alphabetical list of state groups opposing CCS.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/feed/ 7 1102 Great Education Quotes https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-education-quotes/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-education-quotes/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:01:15 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1051 Here is a collection of favorite quotes on lifelong learning, learning and freedom, unschooling, institutional schooling, homeschooling and general truth about learning by speakers from C.S. Lewis and Charlotte Mason to Aristotle and Mark Twain.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/great-education-quotes/feed/ 0 1051 The Education of the Founding Fathers https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-education-of-the-founding-fathers/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-education-of-the-founding-fathers/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:25:14 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=842 Consider the education of America's founding fathers: What kind of study produced a group of men capable of conceiving a constitutional republic, bringing it to life, and guiding it through its formative years?

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-education-of-the-founding-fathers/feed/ 2 1875 Homeschool Conventions Made Easy https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschool-conventions-made-easy/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschool-conventions-made-easy/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:53:16 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=806 A veteran homeschooler, conference speaker, and vendor shares tips and strategies to make the home-school convention a highlight of your homeschool year.

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