What to do about the exodus of great teachers from the profession

Wall Street Journal review of the book Real Talk for Real Teachers by Rafe Esquith. What are the unintended consequences of the common core? What are "real" teachers doing in response to mandated changes that are decreasing the creativity and nature of learning? Read the article and sound off. Read the book and I'll give you a page for posting a discission about it.

The unschooling movement

Read about unschooling: Getting into college without traditional high schooling 

Check out the website of a founder of the unschooling movement: Web site for founder of unschool movement

An undercurrent of the education movement is the movement away from institutions toward self-directed learning. Public education institutions need to be aware of the growing influence of unschooling. Its positive potentials and unintended negative consequences are unrealized, but may be an issue, especially as society reacts to the frenetic pace of personal and communal technology growth and reach.

Share your links or stories about homeschooling achievements/failures.