(Part 2 of 2) This is my recent conversation with Joshua Sheats of the popular financial planning site RadicalPersonalFinance.com. Joshua is currently working through a series on education, and he invited me to discuss public school history, agendas, and solutions and alternatives.

Our discussion includes:

-alternatives to the government school system.

-homeschooling rebranded as home education,

-voluntary instruction

-voucher programs(I'm opposed to the idea of vouchers because I think they can expand state control)

-Sudbury Schools

-homeschool co-ops

-how we can provide for our children's education in as superior a way as possible to set them up for long-term success.

-What needs to be practiced, and modeled: Emotional Intelligence

-Attributes of Emotional Intelligence

-For young children: play is very important SELF_DIRECTED

-learning is living, learning isn't the controlled environment of the schools

-Negative media instigated trends resulting in an increasing lack of empathy for children

-Bashing Youth: Media Myths About Teenagers, By Mike Males

-know your neighbors

-Dorothy Sayers, The Lost Tools of Learning

-Ed Choice 101

Come see me at Keenevention, November 1st

I'll be on media panel with Mark Edge, Chris Cantwell and Stephanie Murphy.