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Homeschooling doesn’t come without its challenges. The National Education Association recently weighed in, saying that it “believes that homeschooling programs based on parental choice cannot provide the student with a comprehensive education experience.”20 Some are also concerned that homeschooling stunts socialization. And of course there’s the matter of cost, which can be anywhere from a few thousand dollars.

Assessment should not be seen as the end of education, in either sense. It is an essential part of the whole process and should interweave naturally with the daily processes of teaching, learning, and curriculum development. It should be an integral but supportive part of the ordinary school culture. Getting that balance right is one of the roles of school leadership.

If the system doesn’t work, don’t blame the people in it. Work with them to change it so that it does work. The people who are best placed to make the change are those who, in the right conditions, can have the most impact on the quality of learning: the teachers.

The heart of education is the relationship between the student and the teacher. Everything else depends on how productive and successful that relationship is

There are three cultural priorities for schools: to help students understand their own cultures, to understand other cultures, and to promote a sense of cultural tolerance and coexistence. To achieve these objectives, schools need a broad-based, rich curriculum, not a narrow, impoverished one. The standards movement doesn’t begin to engage with these complexities.