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Encouraging Parent Led Education

WHAT AMAZING THINGS MUSIC                          LESSONS CAN DO FOR YOU

8/27/2019

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By Mary Beach
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If your parents forced you to practice your scales saying it would build “character”, they were onto something.  One of the largest scientific studies into music’s effect on the brain at the University of Vermont College of Medicine found something remarkable:  Musical training doesn’t just affect your musical ability ---- it provides tremendous benefits to
children’s emotional and behavioral maturation.
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What is a Reasonable Price for Independent Classes?

7/27/2018

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By Mona K. Koerner
​I often hear, "We need more affordable classes for homeschoolers."  Does that mean we need more classes?  Or does that mean we need classes that are less expensive?  And then how are we to evaluate what a reasonable cost is for a class?  Obviously, "affordable" is a relative term.  If you are raising several children on a single income then 'affordable' might mean something different to you than to someone with greater income or fewer children.  The problem is there is no real measure of what 'affordable' means in learning environments.  In housing, the standard is that as long as you are not spending more than 1/3 of your income for housing then it is 'affordable.' What is a reasonable price for independent classes for your children?
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A Network Model of Education

7/13/2018

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By Mona K. Koerner, PhD
​The world is a constantly changing place.  The pace of change is rapidly increasing.  'Structure' is being replaced with 'interconnectedness'.  Just like the large supercomputer has given way to the worldwide web, the basic unit of the economy, the organization (or corporation), is transitioning into an inter-organizational network.  
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For example, Uber and Lyft are transforming transportation by matching passengers with independent drivers making both labor and capital external to the organization.   Whereas, the economy used to be based on legally distinct entities with hierarchical organizing structures, management logic, a focus on the organization and closed participation,  the inter-organizational network is a very large, mulit-hubbed structure, with coherence as an organizing logic, a system focus, and loosely controlled participation.  These can be seen as different structures on a spectrum from inter-personal relationships to systems.  The idea being that a system is a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.  A system is greater than the sum of its parts.  The connotation is that a system will outperform a corporation. 
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