Kerry McDonald

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The Solution to Pandemic Learning Loss Is Less Schooling, Not More

The latest data dump from the Nation’s Report Card reveals declining academic performance among US students. As with previous releases…

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Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools

Americans have soured on public schools. That’s the takeaway from Gallup polling results released earlier this month showing that Americans’…

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Homeschooling Remains A Popular Option, While Defying Stereotypes

More families turned to homeschooling during the Covid response, but many are continuing to choose this option today, even as…

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A Rural, Waldorf Microschool Gets Shut Down By State Regulators

Ariel Maguire gathered together with other moms in her rural area of the Big Island of Hawaii to create a…

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Loosening Youth Employment Regulations Empowers Teens

My 16-year-old daughter just got her first part-time job, working at a local coffee shop. She comes home beaming after…

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Celebrating A Milestone For Homeschooling Freedoms

The ubiquity and widespread acceptance of homeschooling as a valid educational option for American families can obscure the fact that…

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Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation Across the US: A Case Study

The rise of bottom-up education models Across the US, everyday education entrepreneurs are reimagining K-12 education in simple but profound…

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New Research Reveals The Breadth And Impact Of The Microschooling Movement

Nestled at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Hopewell, Virginia is Dream Tech Academy, a microschool founded by former public…

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In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted

The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as…

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Two ‘Mompreneurs’ Created a Forest School That Reaches Thousands

It was a cool, muddy morning in March when I pulled into the empty parking lot of a sprawling forest…

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