Grace Under Pressure. Brett Schaeffer.
by Schaeffer, Brett; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 13Institutions. Publisher: Teacher, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Camps | Children -- Education | Home schooling | Llewellyn, GraceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the late '80s and early '90s, homeschoolers were thought of as either religious fundamentalists or hippies; today [2004] those ready-made labels are obsolete. And homeschooling methodology no longer consists merely of a full-time homemaker standing at a living-room blackboard, drilling his or her kids on the multiplication tables. In recent years, online schools and learning programs have added a high-tech element to the mix, and many youngsters combine their at-home studies with classes in local schools and community centers as well as field trips to museums, galleries, and parks." (TEACHER) This article profiles Grace Llewellyn, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How To Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education, who was an advocate of homeschooling before it was "even legal in all 50 states."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: Grace Under Pressure, March/April 2004; pp. 32-37.
"In the late '80s and early '90s, homeschoolers were thought of as either religious fundamentalists or hippies; today [2004] those ready-made labels are obsolete. And homeschooling methodology no longer consists merely of a full-time homemaker standing at a living-room blackboard, drilling his or her kids on the multiplication tables. In recent years, online schools and learning programs have added a high-tech element to the mix, and many youngsters combine their at-home studies with classes in local schools and community centers as well as field trips to museums, galleries, and parks." (TEACHER) This article profiles Grace Llewellyn, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How To Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education, who was an advocate of homeschooling before it was "even legal in all 50 states."
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