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Learning, institutions, formation, and the future of knowledge.
Faith, prayer spaces, identity, loneliness, activism pressure, and the search for grounded community. A Muslim student’s day on an American campus can contain several worlds before lunch. There is the lecture hall, where Islam may appear as a unit in world history,…
From weekend schools to adult learning and lifelong study. Islamic education in America often begins in borrowed rooms. A child sits at a folding…
What universities promise and what they deliver. The modern university makes a powerful promise. Come here, it says, and you will become educated.Come here,…
Grades, testing, and emotional cost. A child brings home a report card. The adults look first at the grades. Not the handwriting.Not the effort…
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The role of the home and community. A child can attend Islamic school and still not love Islam. A child can memorize surahs and…
Curriculum beyond textbooks. Every school has two curricula. The first is printed. It appears in textbooks, lesson plans, learning standards, worksheets, novels, science labs,…
Dispelling myths and clarifying responsibilities. Homeschooling is often misunderstood. Some people imagine it as a strange, isolated life where children sit at home all…
Cost, values, and long-term tradeoffs. Private school decisions are rarely just about school. They are about money.They are about values.They are about safety.They are…
Strengths, growing pains, and expectations. An Islamic school in the United States carries more than the ordinary burden of education. It is expected to…
Navigating opportunity, limits, and engagement. For many Muslim families in America, public school is not an abstract policy question. It is the place where…
Why formal schooling is only part of how people learn. Many people use the words schooling and education as if they mean the same…
A clear overview for parents and community members. The American education system can feel confusing even to people who grew up inside it. For…
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