I delivered this TEDx talk, my first, on May 31, 2014 in Hong Kong to an audience of 1,000+. The short answer to the question? Homeschooling. These slides may not make much sense by themselves. You'll want to review them along with my talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mummj4SwpU0.

1. How Will I Educate
My Children?!
Joshua J. Steimle
@donloper

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2M+ U.S. Families
Homeschool

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Five Trends

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More Parents Will Work
From Home

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Demand For
Individualized
Education

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Increasing Costs of
Traditional Education

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Decreasing Cost /
Increasing Quality of
Alternative Education

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Favorable Regulatory
Changes

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Social

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3 Assumptions

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Myth:
Homeschoolers Can’t
Go To Top Universities

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Myth:
Adults Educate Children

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Myth:
Teachers Can Educate
Children Better Than
Parents Can

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Fact:
Homeschoolers Can Go To
Top Universities

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“Oxford University
welcomes applications
from…those who have been
home schooled.”

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“MIT has a long history of
admitting homeschooled
students…”

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“…We do not require a high
school diploma or GED from
our applicants.”

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“Princeton welcomes
applications from
homeschooled students…”

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“…Among the homeschooled
students admitted in recent
years was a student who
graduated as valedictorian of
the Class of 2002.”

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“Homeschooling is an
educational asset that
Harvard considers favorably
when making its
admissions decisions.”

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Fact:
Adults Cannot
Educate Children

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“Within four minutes, one
kid...opened the box, found
the on-off switch … [and]
powered it up…”

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“Within five days, they
were using 47 apps per
child, per day…”

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“Within two weeks, they
were singing ABC songs in
the village…”

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“Within five months, they had
hacked Android.”

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“It is impossible for
one human being to
educate another.”
Oliver DeMille

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Fact:
Parents Can Facilitate
Education For Their Children
Better Than Teachers Can

48. Nobody
else has
a PhD in
Raising
Your
Child.