Turn On the Power: How School Is Limiting Your Child's Potential and What to Do About It

Jett, Noel,Taylor Schlitz, Haley,Taylor, Myiesha

ISBN 10: 1733775889 / ISBN 13: 9781733775885

Editore: SCB Distributors, 2020

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• Titolo: Turn On the Power: How School Is Limiting Your Child's Potential and What to Do About It
• Editore: SCB Distributors
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1733775889
• ISBN 13: 9781733775885
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Condizione: Very Good

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Turn On the Power: How School is Limiting Your Child's Potential and What to Do About It provides the information and tools you need to blaze an individualized educational trail best suited to your family. Details regarding enrichment, homeschooling, and early college provide the foundation upon which informed decisions can be made. Empirical evidence is provided to dispel misconceptions regarding homeschooling, and to support the authors' shared position that traditional schooling is not the most desirable path for all students. The needs of special populations are thoroughly addressed. The authors share inspiring personal stories of setting and achieving educational goals on their own terms.

Informazioni sull?autore

Noel Jett Ph.D. was primarily homeschooled. She was a dual- enrolled student at Tarrant County Community College at age 13. She transferred to Texas A&M University at age 14 and graduated in 2015 at the age of 16 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She immediately began her Ph.D. studies at the University of North Texas in Educational Psychology for the Gifted and Talented. She graduated with her Ph.D. in 2018 at the age of 19. She is now completing the requirements to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.<br /><br />Haley Taylor Schlitz attended public, private, and homeschool/ hybrid schools before attending Tarrant County College at age 13. She graduated from Texas Women's University in 2019 at the age of 16 with a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. She is currently a second-year law student at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Haley Taylor Schlitz and her mother also have published a book on homeschooling for Black children.<br /><br />Myiesha Taylor M.D. graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana summa cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry. She subsequently graduated with her medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine and is now a homeschooling mom to Ian and Hana as well as a practicing physician.