Caleen Sisk-Franco on homeschooling, tribal culture, and Global Village School

http://www.globalvillageschool.org - Caleen Sisk-Franco talks about the benefits of homeschooling for Native American students. Caleen is the tribal and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, as well as a Global Village School parent and board member. She discusses how homeschooling has enabled several children from the Wintu tribe to express their tribal values, carry on their spiritual traditions (songs, ceremonies, visiting and protecting sacred places, etc.) and prepare them for life as tribal people.
Students from several American Indian tribes have found homeschooling with Global Village to be a valuable experience. They are able to earn school credit for cultural experiences and adjust their school schedule around cultural events. Global Village School offers a progressive, accredited, customizable K-12 homeschooling program via online and text-based curriculum, complete with individualized teacher services. The Global Village high school homeschool diploma courses integrate peace, justice, diversity, and sustainability studies with the core subjects. The Global Village approach is creative and flexible; students can customize the program to match their interests and learning styles. Global Village is an international school, welcoming students from around the globe.

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[philami1]

Home schooling and regular schooling makes no difference. Our Kids are becoming dumber then ever. Once, by age 16, the average school child would have mastered 15,000 English words. Today is less then 10,000. Home schooling can not possibly provide advanced scientific achievement (such as chemistry requires laboratory apparatus and proper safety guidance). It's the dumb with little more then wishful thinking. But, still, don't expect much from the way our Government runs our schools.

[globalvillageschool]

Thanks for the comment. At Global Village we have a broader view of education than how many words a student "masters." We are interested in the education of the whole person. And, many of our students, and homeschoolers in general, do much better than students receiving a more traditional education. Our students often take college courses while they are in high school. It's a great way to take science lab courses, foreign language, etc., and get a head start on college.

[highlandscoutrider]

To qualify my experience in this limited space:)

I taught English 9 hours daily, 5 days wkly., during 4 years at the largest private school in Puerto Vallerta, Jalisco, in the United States of Mexico.

...In Okanogan County, Eastern Washington, I have taught thru our own, public school system, English, Spanish, and the local Southern Interior Salish language.

The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 1 / 7

..excellent MacNeil-Lehrer PBS miniseries

the Nature of language

[highlandscoutrider]

I am very glad to see this.

I can see philami1 is disturbed.

I do not mean to further disturb.

Current research of language comprehension indicates the stats presented are not correct.

A university graduate with honors grades might understand 17,000 words but will only be able to use, maybe, 12,000 words. These are word families: time, timed, timely, timing, timer, timeless are all part of one word family.

...A high school grad who never reads another book will not understand this many words.

[mysticalnature]

Yes!

[Ejahi]

This sounds like a wonderful program. That is why homeschooling is so wonderful especially for children of color. It gives us the freedom to connect w/ our cultures outside the restraints of the Public school systems which limit us to maybe a chapter or a month a year.