Category: Education

Learning from Children with Life-threatening Illnesses

Learning from Children with Life-threatening Illnesses

| January 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

We had no idea our lives would change so significantly. Up until January 7, 2005, my family enjoyed the “perfect life.” Okay, maybe it wasn’t perfect, but let’s just say it was normal. But things changed drastically overnight. My daughter Karla was diagnosed with an inoperable tumor at the age of 14. She was in [...]

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Sabine Moyer of the German American School

Sabine Moyer of the German American School

| November 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

How the German American School and Portland Family work together as partners.

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Linda Kerlin of Tucker Maxon School

Linda Kerlin of Tucker Maxon School

| November 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

Portland Family Magazine publisher, Janna Lopez talks with Linda Kerlin, of Tucker Maxon School in southeeast Portland.

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Unschooling: A natural way to learn

Unschooling: A natural way to learn

| September 30, 2011 | 13 Comments

When our son turned three, my husband and I decided that instead of enrolling him in preschool, we would explore homeschooling. My husband was no stranger to the idea; he was homeschooled

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Easing Middle School Stress: Helping Kids Through the “Tweens” Gauntlet

Easing Middle School Stress: Helping Kids Through the “Tweens” Gauntlet

| August 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

“Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.” Carol Burnett’s line about that tumultuous time of growing up is comic precisely because, for lots of kids, it’s so spot-on. A meltdown at haircut time. A first

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Listen for the Pounding

Listen for the Pounding

| August 30, 2011 | 5 Comments

Watching the minute hand on the clock creep by, I hid my surprise that there were still 40 minutes left. Concentrate on her hands, I told myself, but they moved like a magician’s, nimble and too quick. The woman’s few words did not make sense. I banged on the table. She did not hear me. [...]

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Growing Up Online: 6 Educational Trends Parents Should Know About

Growing Up Online: 6 Educational Trends Parents Should Know About

| August 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

Sending children off to school is an act of faith. How can you be sure they will learn what they need to know, especially in a world where technology is so important and changes so quickly?

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