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How to (Try) to Get Your Middle Schooler to Do His Homework

Three tips for school schoolers and home schoolers.

Jan 7 • Dixie Dillon Lane

New Year's Resolution: Join the Stepstool Revolution!

Something small you can do this week to make this year a better one.

Dec 31, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Consider Reading Slowly

At the end of 2025.

Dec 20, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

A little summary

Dec 16, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Education

"Skipping School" is ready to order!

My book on homeschooling's journey from the margins to the mainstream.

Feb 2 • Dixie Dillon Lane

How to (Try) to Get Your Middle Schooler to Do His Homework

Three tips for school schoolers and home schoolers.

Jan 7 • Dixie Dillon Lane

The Trouble with Institutions

Trust and influence

Nov 19, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Recommendations

The Raised Hand

The Raised Hand

Ivana Greco

MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚

Joel J Miller

The Commonplace

Tsh Oxenreider

English Teacher Weekly

Andrew Campbell

Family

Welcoming Families in Third Places

Small interventions and more about step stools

Feb 5 • Dixie Dillon Lane

"Skipping School" is ready to order!

My book on homeschooling's journey from the margins to the mainstream.

Feb 2 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Are You Athletic?

Revisiting definitions and assumptions

Sep 13, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Why We Should Slow Down Our Reading

A changed perspective

Jun 25, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Homeschooling

"Skipping School" is ready to order!

My book on homeschooling's journey from the margins to the mainstream.

Feb 2 • Dixie Dillon Lane

How to (Try) to Get Your Middle Schooler to Do His Homework

Three tips for school schoolers and home schoolers.

Jan 7 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Why is School Choice So Controversial?

And a new podcast

Aug 20, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

The X-Men Case for Homeschooling

I've been put up to this.

Aug 2, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

History

Visual encyclopedias in elementary education

An fun alternative to textbooks

Jul 29, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

And other waning customs of introduction

Apr 24, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

"Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic"

Discussing Nadya Williams' brand new book

Oct 15, 2024 • Dixie Dillon Lane and Nadya Williams

Imagining History Through Sound

Sounds from the clack of a clog dance to the trill of the Rebel Yell can powerfully engage and challenge young thinkers

Sep 30, 2024 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Hearth & Field

And other waning customs of introduction

Apr 24, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Long Lenten Waiting

On winter-to-spring and Lenten birthdays

Mar 19, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Links o' the Week, #23

Efficiency, hospitals, jam, a new print quarterly, and more!

Jul 19, 2024 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Georgia on My Mind

People, place, and home.

Jun 24, 2024 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Ask me anything

AMA #2: Permission

It's not that everything's relative. But it is okay for you to make decisions.

Sep 26, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

AMA #1: Prepare to Be Surprised

Parenthood, PhD's, and intellectual work

Mar 13, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

Let's Set and Chat a While

Ask me anything

Feb 18, 2025 • Dixie Dillon Lane

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