The Joy of Learning
Katy Purviance, Haide Wall GiesbrechtFounder of Washington's first outdoor Self-Directed Education center. I write for parents leaving conventional school and teachers burning out inside it. Subscribe to learn what's really happening to kids, and why there's a better way.
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Why I Built a Page on Our Website to Tell Some Parents We're Not Right for Them
I get a lot of inquiries from parents who are done with public school. They’ve hit a wall. Their kid is miserable, or they’re watching their kid slowly become someone they don’t recognize, and they’ve finally decided that something has to c...
Schools Don’t Just Fail to Develop Critical Thinkers. They Punish Them.
A researcher at Williams College set out to study variations in curiosity across elementary school classrooms. She had to abandon the study. The problem was not funding or methodology. As researcher Susan Engel later wrote, there was “such...
"I stay up at night wondering if keeping my kid in school is the decision I’ll regret most."
You’re lying in bed running the same loop you’ve run a hundred times before. The crying at drop-off on Monday. The email you sent the principal that got a three-sentence reply. The way your child came home last week and said, for the second...
Why You Feel Like You’re Never Enough: How Schools Taught You to Measure Your Worth by What You Produce
You know that voice in your head. The one that says you should be doing more. The one that tallies your accomplishments and finds them lacking. The one that cannot let you rest because rest feels like failure.
You thought it was just you....
School: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
At some point, a parent sitting across from a teacher, or a principal, or a specialist of some kind, absorbs a message that goes something like this: your child’s education is too important and too complex to be left to you.
Think about th...
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Founder of WA's first outdoor Self-Directed Education center. I help parents understand why their kids are struggling in school and what to do about it. Book a consulting session: https://tidycal.com/purviancekaty
I’m a counsellor, partner, and mother, exploring life with intention and authenticity. I share reflections and musings from the therapy room and everyday life, including insights from being neurotypical in a neurodivergent family.
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