Author: mymentech

I’ve been thinking lately about what is essential in education, and in honor of Independence Day, thought it might be interesting to take a look at the education of America’s founding fathers. What did they read that created minds attuned to freedom and the communication skills to impart the vision?

Last week I talked a little about why we choose to do standardized testing each year and some of the advantages we see in that choice. But trust me, it is not all rainbows and ponies, folks. Have you tested your kids before? It...

I know most of you have just finished the last school year and haven’t even fully immersed yourself in summer vacation yet. For that matter, many of you may still be working to wrap up your school year. However, I often have...

We have lived in a lot of different states during our now 17 years of homeschooling. Each state is different in their homeschooling laws and requirements for testing and we are careful to fulfill all of those requirements,...

When I started my homeschool year in the summer, we still enjoyed summer fun like outdoor barbecues with traditional tasty Texas beef brisket, swimming parties and some putt-putt golf. Did you know that it was not until my sons...