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A Building the Plane Cultural Manifesto
Taking a stand on how we build this education
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You Can Do That?
We finally started the airplane
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Let's only teach what's worth knowing
Some random thoughts on teaching our children.
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An Education of His Own
How demanding better for my son’s education changed us both
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It's only in struggling that we earn a hope for a better future
On the role of intentionally creating challenges in education
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How to teach optimal learning and why it matters
The scariest landing I ever saw happened on a beautiful blue sky day in the middle of June, 2011.
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Why doesn't my child fit science?
On research and some things I'm learning
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The only lessons don't scale. I'm okay with that.
How we completed a year of elementary math in 3.5 months and why you shouldn't be that impressed.
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What if we have it all backwards?
Subscribe to join as we explore what education could be and needs to be for our future.
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Homeschool Became Our Only "School Choice"
A conversation with Latham Turner, Author of Building the Plane on Substack
Published on the childhood curator • 
Should schools teach morals?
And how's that working out for us now?
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What do you want to build?
And how can I help?
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Building the Plane
Building the Plane
Building a better education, and the airplane that inspired it all.
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