Does your child need a different kind of education?

Jerry Mintz, founder of AERO, recently updated his helpful article: Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child.

Here’s a quick summary. First, the ten signs that your child may need a different kind of education:

1. Declarations that “I hate school.”
2. Difficulty interacting with people of different ages
3. Unhealthy fixation on fashion
4. Tiredness and crankiness
5. Complaints about conflicts and unfairness
6. Lost interest in creative expression
7. Apathy toward subjects that were once exciting
8. Procrastination
9. Lack of excitement
10. School recommendations for ADHD drugs

Mintz then goes on to cite a number of educational alternatives. Many parents aren’t aware of what might be available to them:

• Publicly-funded charter schools
• Montessori schools
• Waldorf schools
• Sudbury schools, and other democratic schools or “free schools”
• Public school alternatives:
  • Public Choice/Schools within schools
  • Public At-Risk
• Homeschooling:
  • “School at home”
  • Unschooling

For more details about the signs and the alternatives, see the original article: Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child.