Aspiring historian. Hopeless idealist. Christian. Ph.D. candidate researching the beginning of the modern homeschool movement in the US. #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
Greensboro, NC
Joined December 2015
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The great thing about being the instructor is that you actually have the authority to say, "yes, we CAN have class OUTSIDE today."
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The "mainline" and the "evangelical": what are the differences? scotmcknight.substack.com/p/…
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Check in on your academic friends. They just realized that it is August 1, and they are not okay.
So today I found out that William F. Buckley Jr was endorsing Algebra curriculum back in the early 1980s. #amresearching
“In all, 19 of the men received the Medal of Honor in the years that followed. But two soldiers who were executed by Confederates soon after the mission were never recognized.” nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/po…
Looking through old magazines (1993) with lots of ads and realizing how insanely expensive children’s educational computer games were. 😅
Writing a chapter where the two folks I’m discussing the most are Farris and Harris. No, I definitely never mix those up….
I did not realize until I was reading for history comp exams how fraught teaching/reciting the Ten Commandments was between Protestants and Catholics school children in US history. Even between Christian groups, this isn’t a new issue.
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Information is power.
Studying history gives a deep, contextual understanding of where we've succeeded, where we've faltered, and how we can improve to make the United States better for everyone. #HistoryMatters
“Microschool students are usually registered with their states as home-schoolers. But the new generation of microschools …operate more like modern-day one-room schoolhouses, meeting in homes, church basements and storefronts.” nytimes.com/2024/06/17/us/pu…
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On this day in 1954, Southern state officials met in Virginia and organized resistance to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Brown v. Board of Education striking down school segregation. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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Amanda Smith was born enslaved in 1837, acquired an education, preached her beliefs, traveled the world, & established an orphanage in Illinois in 1899 that became a school. She traveled to England (with her daughter), India, & Liberia & published an autobiography in 1883.
Broke down and made a Substack to talk about fun tidbits I’ve found while researching homeschooling (and surrounding topics) 😅 aeshimer.substack.com/p/kitc…