In the typical classroom model, teachers start with a lesson and then give students homework/problems to solve to reinforce learning. What if we did the opposite, starting with homework, then giving lessons or pointers as needed?

Rather than taking place at one institution at one time using a standardized curriculum. Modular learners set their own goals for their children’s education, childcare and social life, creating a unique mosaic of resources , drawing from digital apps, workbooks, teachers, experts, other families, local classes, community groups, cultural organizations and even world travel. It’s a diverse and inclusive community of teachers, artists, makers, investors, healthcare workers, techies, community activists applying innovative education techniques as they emerge and pioneering the future of education starting with their own children.

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An overview of teaching strategies for parents and caregivers. These tools can be used to help kids with homework, engage them in learning all the time and improve communication.

In the Reggio Emilia approach, the environment is considered to be the child’s third’s teacher (the first being the parent and the second the classroom teacher).   With 71% of children doing remote learning this fall, it’s vitally important that we provide children with the support they need to thrive in this new hybrid environment of home and online classes.`Here are the tools we recommend for parents and teachers seeking to create an enriching learning environments online.

We polled 200k parents from around the world which educational apps their kids can’t live without and then tested them with 30 Modular Learners between the ages of PreK-12th grade. We were specifically looking for mastery-based apps that made learning fun and challenging at the same time. The very best apps went a step further by personalizing the experience for the child as they played (as the app learns about their interests and learning style) Another factor we were looking for is that these apps were ones that children could pretty much do independently while parents were working (after their parents had downloaded the app and helped them get get oriented). Here are our 50 favorites. Let us know if you have any you think we should add to the list.

We tested dozens of different conferencing platforms, tablets, headphones and other devices and software solutions to find the best devices to support teachers and young children learning together online. Here are our favorite devices, software, web conference tools, headphones, glasses and more…

Did you know that there are just as many homeschooling families who are poor or near-poor as the normal population? And even better, they've spent decades developing creative ways to provide exceptional educational opportunities to their kids on a shoestring budget. Here are some of the best strategies they've shared with me.

I currently teach 2nd grade at a small independent school in the Mission. Throughout my five years of teaching, I have constantly strived to improve my art. In particular, I am drawn to teaching topics and techniques that focus on the environment, or on tinkering and STEAM. I also have a Master's from Vanderbilt University in elementary education, and a bachelors from the University of Virginia in psychology.

While she’d always been very involved in her children’s school, an act of school violence prompted her to draw all of her 4 kids out of school and being educating them on her own. She is now a best-selling author of “Free Range Learning.”“In this episode: Janet speaks with pioneering homeschool practitioner and advocate Laura Grace Weldon, author of the best-selling book Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything. Laura’s experiences capture the essence of how children learn best and gain competence, self-confidence, maturity and wisdom. She and Janet find common ground in their respect for the natural learning process of every child.”

Time4Learning is a mastery-based homeschool program for PreK-12th grade that uses videos to teach children all academic subjects including Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Used by over 600,000 homeschool families it’s one of the oldest and most popular comprehensive, secular homeschool programs.