Monday, June 2, 2008

Collaborative Model Of Classical Education

Has anyone heard about this firsthand? It sounds interesting. How do we get something like this in Austin? Or would we want something like this here?
Home school organizations and private schools report they're swamped with parents considering changing schools in the fall. For the last nine years, one North Texas school has provided what's called collaborative education. While there is a full-time, on-campus option at Coram Deo Academy, the collaborative parent partnership with study at home model makes the best of family time, while providing a formal, classical education. Here are 21 reasons they say the program works.
1) Parent involvement and genuine school/family collaboration is proven to help children succeed academically.
2) The family collaborative model provides children with more family time, while allowing the child to reap the rewards of a formal school setting, including sports, music and important time with peers. ...the other 19 reasons here

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