Educational Approaches

Core Knowledge

• Focus on factual content, rather than “skills” or “strategies”
• Explicit content curriculum specified by grade level

Montessori

• Student-initiated (adult-guided) learning
• Consistent set of classroom materials used in all Montessori-branded schools

U.S. Education School pedagogy

• Curriculum is not specified (because any particular choice it has political implications)
• Teach to state standards, which are mainly stated in terms of math and literacy skills

Well-Trained Mind & Story of the World (Susan Wise Bauer)

• Clear year-by-year skill & content progression for ELA, math, history and other areas
• Defines an incremental content sequence for world history

Unschooling

• Entirely child-driven, with parent or adult encouragement along the way
• Allow kids to go as deep into particular interest areas as they want
• No curriculum, no grades, no set expectations