After a girl student drowns in a lake, a private school in Maine engages consultant Thea Kozak to prevent future accidents. But was it an accident? The autopsy shows the girl was pregnant.

Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.

"Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse...

Does more testing prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century? What is the role of schools at a time when mass media are children's most pervasive teachers? In Tomorrow's Children, based on her groundbreaking book of the same title, Riane Eisler offers a practical blueprint for transforming how we educate our children - and ourselves.

"Benjamin Banneker wasn't just a scientist. He was also an author, astronomer, and mathematician. Young readers will discover how this self-taught man came to be one of the first important African American intellectuals."--

There are more choices for early child care and education these days than ever before. But an increase in number doesn't always imply an increase in quality. How can parents make sure they're choosing the right program for their own child? This video explores the many different kinds of child care which can be found for children from infancy and on throughout their school age years. Quality in these programs is established in the areas of teachers,...

American public education is in controversy. As public schools across the country struggle for funding, complicated by the impact of poverty and politics, some question the future and effectiveness of public schools in the U.S. For free-market reformers, private investors and large education corporations, this controversy spells opportunity in turning public schools over to private interests. Education, Inc. examines the free-market and for-profit...

The American historian reflects on his life and educational experiences while illuminating events in the nineteenth century.