Kathleen Melin: 2 books

If you or someone you know is considering home schooling, this book will give you an inside look at the experience. "By Heart" introduces readers to a family discovering a freer form of education complete with some joy and some struggle. Issues such as the home school decision, socialization, and the economics of co-parenting are examined in this delightful and provocative memoir.

Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G....