“Yes, I see real possibilities for tutoring but **only** outside of the government school paradigm!”
Of course.
“What bothers my neice the most is that it is like watching a flower fade before her eyes. She is constant witness to the light and enthusiasm for learning being extingished, permanently, and she knows that only a miracle will re-light it. It is not very satisfying work for her.”
That’s a crying shame.
The alternatives that you and I are discussing could help. I think think we’re just arriving at the same place from slightly different roads. I view “microschooling” or “One Room School Houses in the Home” in terms of market reform. I.e. qualified teachers going private in their own enlightened self-interest. Whereas I think you’re coming at it from more of a religious perspective. Both approaches would appear to be complimentary.
Are you aware of any examples where something like this has been put into place? I know of home education co-ops, but those tend to be strictly voluntary; no money or no significant amounts of money change hands. I also know of tutors. But I’ve never seen what is essentially a microschool for hire (be it secular or parochial).
Maybe I don’t get out enough? :-)
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No, I am not.
I do think some who are involved in the Exodus movement ( Baptist who advocate abandoning the schools) are advising ministers regarding on-line curriculum that could be used to run schools.