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Is the homeschool boom over?

Oct 31, 2026

Is the homeschool boom over?

Inside: the 15-minute kitchen-table check, why families are mixing school types, and what if your gym sorted you by birth year?

Charlie Deist
When a friend tells you their school year isn't working

Oct 29, 2026

When a friend tells you their school year isn't working

You don't have to send them an ad. Send them a real family whose week looks like theirs.

Charlie Deist
When reading feels harder than it should

Oct 23, 2026

When reading feels harder than it should

A former special ed teacher’s take on dyslexia + free school evaluations and drop-in help.

Charlie Deist

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How to stop playing homeschool drill sergeant

Oct 21, 2026

How to stop playing homeschool drill sergeant

A 15-inch touchscreen on the kitchen wall + homeschooling around nap time.

Ela Bass
Overhyped vs. underhyped homeschool curriculum

Oct 16, 2026

Overhyped vs. underhyped homeschool curriculum

Same books, opposite verdicts across 150+ kitchen tables. PLUS: The runaway $0 curriculum winner.

Charlie Deist
Don't smile

Oct 14, 2026

Don't smile

What a former principal does in the first weeks, before any textbook.

Ela Bass
Steal this “Wonder Wall” from an OpenEd mom

Oct 9, 2026

Steal this “Wonder Wall” from an OpenEd mom

A pack of sticky notes for the million questions your kids ask every day.

Charlie Deist
Baking is math??

Oct 7, 2026

Baking is math??

Ten years teaching, then OpenEd parents showed Andrea Fife what she had missed.

Ela Bass
She ran the school, but kept her daughter home.

Oct 5, 2026

She ran the school, but kept her daughter home.

A principal’s first year at the kitchen table, and the 15-minute test she gives moms now. PLUS: a free MAP test-day checklist.

Charlie Deist
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