credentialism
Accredited by whom?
Go to any homeschooling conference and you’ll see vendor booths selling high school programs. They could be correspondence courses, online courses or credit services. Most homeschooling parents and students know to ask about accreditation, but unfortunately, they usually ask the wrong question. I have overheard sales people at these booths using potentially misleading phrases such [...]
Public vs. Private universities in Canada
Macleans.ca is discussing the public vs. private university debate and have mentioned both Redeemer and Quest as examples of the few private university offerings in Canada. It’s a touchy subject in Canada, but I think it mostly comes down to an issue of money, not morals. (Doesn’t it always?) Many Canadians don’t realize the extent [...]
Lost in Translation – or the high school transcript for homeschoolers
These thoughts stem from JoVE’s post yesterday about transcripts and portfolios. What started with a discussion of “mastery” and transcripts led me to observe that the Ontario transcript, in its current form, is predicated on the notion of a LACK of mastery. If the material in classes were “mastered” then why would we need grades?) [...]