Archive for November 20th, 2008
I have a column in today’s USA Today on outsourcing homeschooling called “Tailoring school to the child.” We start with the question of where Malia and Sasha Obama should go to school. Reformers suggest the DC public schools; realists talk about Sidwell Friends. But the reality is that these days, there’s a viable third option, even for busy parents like the Obamas: homeschooling. This column explains how it works, even when parents can’t or don’t want to teach.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010) and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Wired, The American, Portfolio and other publications.
Write to her at lvanderkam at yahoo dot com.