Where it started · 2023
A Matter of Principal
A Former School Principal’s Journey to Redefine Education and Bring Learning Back to the Home
Before the guide, there was the decision.
I spent two decades in education and ended up in the principal’s office. From that chair you can see exactly what a school does well — and what it simply cannot do for a child who does not fit the shape of it. Then I took my own three home. This is that story: the year I stopped defending a system I no longer believed in, and what I found on the other side of the decision.
Read it
The short version
Every parent should read this once
- A weekend read204 pages. Two evenings, and you will know what you think. No textbook, no homework, no commitment beyond a Saturday.
- You are already making this decisionEvery parent chooses a school, or lets one get chosen for them. This is what that choice actually looks like from inside the building, from the person who used to run it.
- You will never see a school the same wayI sat in the meetings, wrote the reports, and signed the transcripts. How those decisions really get made is not in any parent handbook, and once you have seen it you cannot unsee it.
Why read it
The four questions I am asked most, answered in full
What made you leave?
The most-asked question in my community, and the one I can never answer properly in a comment. The whole story is in here.
What does a principal actually see?
What a school does well, what it cannot do for a child who does not fit it, and the day I stopped being able to unsee the difference.
What was the cost of leaving the system?
I had the degree, the title, and the office. This is what walking out actually took, and why I would do it again tomorrow.
Could I really do this?
The fear sitting underneath every other question. Answered by the person who used to sign the transcripts.
Start where I started
If you are still deciding, read this one first. If you have already decided, The Homeschool Bible is the how.
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