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Lessons from homeschool

IT’S FALL, AND SCHOOLS are only partly open, while many parents are still working from home. And that means the possibility of homeschooling. If you’re hearing a horror movie soundtrack right now, that’s OK! Teaching from home can be a terrifying undertaking. But as a veteran homeschooler with a son who’s using the pandemic isolation to learn animation and practice his photography in Colorado, I’m offering some advice that may be useful. The main lesson: Customize for the circumstances. As parents, we can encourage, celebrate, support and fund with our tax dollars an educational system that operates flexibly, instead of a one-size-fitsall approach.

The idea that one size fits all sounds absurd when you think about it. Customization is available for everything from jewelry to Spotify channels, from Instagram ads to license plates,

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