Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense

by David Guterson

Overview

An honest, perceptive discussion of children, education, and our common life as a nation by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars. A high school English teacher, Guterson and his wife educate their own children at home. “A literate primer for anyone who wants to know more about alternatives to the schools” (Kirkus Reviews). Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547539386
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/16/1993
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	752 KB

About the Author

Hometown:

Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound

Date of Birth:

May 4, 1956

Place of Birth:

Seattle, Washington

Education:

M.A., University of Washington

Editorial Reviews

Guterson, a high school English teacher who teaches his own children at home, examines life at school as well as the opportunities offered by learning outside it. He also provides a broader context: the remarkable academic success of homeschooled children, the history of public schools, philosophies of education, psychological research on learning, and education in other societies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"School is so deeply ingrained in us that a call for learning outside of it, without it, can sound as strange as a call for us to try to live without food." Not a religious fundamentalist, Guterson represents another side of schooling outside of institutional walls (although he earns his living teaching within them). He and his wife have kept their three sons out of school because they have felt they could do a better job teaching them. He explains the whys and hows of parental education programs and suggests ways that school systems could and should work cooperatively with such families for mutual benefit.

Denise Perry Donavin