This page is named for the Sandy River Railroad junction that dominated my front yard a century ago. All that's left is a berm, some cinders, pictures, and this name on the map. The railroad was built when literacy in this country was reportedly very high, but compulsory schooling was only a new idea. An old one-room school still stands back through the woods. As central schools came to dominate children's lives, functional literacy steadily dropped to the low 80s (or lower by some measures). Here, more schooled is not always more skilled. What has bloomed, though, is alienation from community, family, and self.

Most writings posted here are the works of others, borrowed from various books and web sites. I reproduce them as offerings for friends also interested in exploring new...or more often old...directions in education. Occasionally, something of my own makes its way here too, with apologies.

05 October 2010

A magazine...

http://rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=RTSVOL25N1
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Good question...

http://pureparents.org/index.php?blog/show/Will_parents_be_next_to_get_reformers__broom
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A web site...

http://notwaitingforsuperman.org/
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Worth reading a couple of times...

http://www.truth-out.org/when-generosity-hurts-bill-gates-public-school-teachers-and-politics-humiliation63868
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