Separation of Church and State: What It Originally Meant
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First principles in education return schooling to its foundation: the child, the mind, parents, structure, interest, responsibility, formation, and outcomes.
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Education and responsibility belong together. A real education helps a child observe, think, act, correct mistakes, and become more capable...
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Self-determined learning explains why a child’s own interest, purpose, and engagement are essential to real education, while still requiring adult...
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My Choices Matter is a short classroom poster for helping children understand cause and effect, responsibility, trust, learning, and personal...
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A school is a formation system. It shapes students through curriculum, routines, authority, language, peer culture, standards, and what it...
Read Article Structure Before Learning: Why Order Is One of the Conditions of Education
Structure before learning explains why attention, rhythm, standards, responsibility, correction, and sequence are necessary conditions of education.
Read Article First Principles in Education
by Richard P. Weigand Education begins long before a child opens a textbook. It begins with a question. What is...
Read Article Instruction vs. Formation: Why Education Is More Than Information Delivery
Instruction gives information, but formation shapes the person. Learn why education must form attention, conduct, judgment, responsibility, and character.
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