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Upgrade: 10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child

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A seasoned education advocate who works with thousands of families each year, Kevin Swanson provides an expert’s framework for positive learning experiences in Upgrade. He teaches the importance of healthy parent-child relationships and having a biblical foundation, regardless of whether or not a child is homeschooled.

"My purpose is simply to inform, involve, and equip parents with a basic knowledge of the principles upon which a quality education must be built," Swanson says.

About the Author

Kevin
Swanson

Homeschooled himself in the 1960's and 70's, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 35 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations with Vision – a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin's passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 4 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world's largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 80 countries.

Kevin has also served as the Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado for the last nine years. He has also authored several popular books for homeschoolers, including Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, The Second Mayflower, the Family Bible Study Guide Series, and others. Serving as a passionate supporter of home education, he has been interviewed on hundreds of media outlets, including Dr. James' Dobson's Focus on the Family and the Fox News Network.

Loving Truth Books & Gifts Review

As Kevin Swanson clearly states in the Introduction, "parents have a committed interest in their children's education; and they must, therefore, be equipped to make intelligent, well-informed choices concerning that education." Admittedly I rate this book highly since I myself am a home educator to my 6 year old son. Like most home educators, and parents in general, I care deeply about the education of not only my child (and future children), but also about the education of other people's children.

Each chapter is laid out in a simple and consistent manner with helpful subheadings and a clearly written conclusion reminding the reader about the key concept of that chapter, providing them with ample opportunity to assess their own conclusions from what they have just read. Mr. Swanson clearly lays out data from National Assessment and Evaluation Program results for education and shows how well students perform in Public vs. Private Schools as well as discusses how both Public and Private schooled students compare with home schooled students.

In addition to his personal stories, Mr. Swanson provides examples from history and uses Scripture throughout to illustrate his points and to point the reader to the purpose of education which he defines as:

"...the preparation of a child intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and physically for life and for eternity."

While this book and the author clearly supports and encourages home education, this book is not making the claim that the "best" education for your child is necessarily home schooling. That is left for the reader (i.e. parents) to decide.

Review By:  Angela Zaev

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