Education Uncensored: A Guide for the Aspiring, the Foolhardy, and the Disillusioned

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For years people have asked me to write the book. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that I finally wrote it after my youngest went to college, in the year following my mother's death. Surely this gave me a greater perspective.

I have tried to include all of my best teaching advice, along with my personal story and my take on the current educational system. Education Uncensored is simply an attempt to tell my own truth.

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  • Paperback: 202 pages

  • Publisher: HomeschoolNYC.com (October, 2009)

  • Language: English

  • ISBN-13: 978-0-615-32529-3

  • Product Dimensions: 9" x 6" (trade paperback)

For years people have asked me to write the book. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that I finally wrote it after my youngest went to college, in the year following my mother's death. Surely this gave me a greater perspective.

I have tried to include all of my best teaching advice, along with my personal story and my take on the current educational system. Education Uncensored is simply an attempt to tell my own truth.

Buy the Book

$12.95 plus shipping & handling

  • Paperback: 202 pages

  • Publisher: HomeschoolNYC.com (October, 2009)

  • Language: English

  • ISBN-13: 978-0-615-32529-3

  • Product Dimensions: 9" x 6" (trade paperback)

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Syllabus for Syllabi

Part One: I Become an Educator

The Professor's Daughter
Project Muse
My First Child
School and Humiliation
Volunteering in First Grade
Private Schooling
We Homeschool
The S Word
How to Learn Anything
I Find Myself

Part Two: Uncensoring Education

The Uncensored Classroom
Democracy or Dictatorship
The Intimate Classroom
Age and Grade Level
A Test-Driven System
Child-Inspired Learning and The Three I's
The Four Levels of Teaching
The Creative Classroom
Beyond Your Four Walls

Part Three: Teaching the Subjects

A Balancing Act of Feeding the Brain
Math
   The Polygon Alphabet Code
Science
   Make Your Own Invention
Social Studies
   The Timeline
   Primary Sources
   The Interview
   Creating Historical Fiction
   Making Classifications
   Living History Theater
Language Arts
   Reading
   Grammar
   Spelling
   Spelling Concentration
   Handwriting
   Writing
Assessments
   Setting Attainable Goals
Great Curriculum Ideas
   The Take-Out Curriculum
   Restaurant Curriculum
   Zoo Curriculum
   The Herbal Curriculum
   Fairytale Literature
Make Your Own Board Game
Respecting Our Future

Appendix: Suggested Reading On Education

Sample chapter: "A Balancing Act of Feeding the Brain" (pdf format)

Read an excerpt, as printed in the NYCHEA newsletter (pdf format)

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