I picked this up in an anti-fundamentalist post that I'm linking, but it makes for interesting reading. "Unlike the "modern math" theorists,...
I'm totally psyched. I sat down Wednesday and put together both of my kids portfolios, then did our evaluations on Thursday. The standardized...
"Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too...
Granted, I'm more of a "give a kid a book" than "give a kid an ipad" and I kept my older kids, at least, off the comp until they were 8 (failing...
Possible study of anthrax vaccine’s effectiveness in children stirs debate The Obama administration is wrestling with the thorny question of...
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/grail/namingcontest.cfm?CFID=5258970&CFTOKEN=68189902 They are looking for kids to name a lunar mission, deadline...
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/0806/daring_to_drop_out.htm I thought this was great, though it could just be because I could have written...
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/education/092011-mom%3A-kids-asked-to-pay-to-potty The only thing worse than the story is the comments griping...
Although the article is slanted towards the college-bound, it makes me think a lot about homeschooling, because much of it relates to high school,...
I don't know how many of you guys remember me, I was active on the site awhile back but then...things went downhill, and got hectic, and I wound...
Hey guys, it's been awhile since I've been on here, but I have a question for anyone with knowledge abt PA homeschooling law. My 10 year old...
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1355&content_id=CNBP_028033&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=reg...
Yesterday, I got my first curric in the mail, and I realized I had made a terrible mistake. I want to let you guys learn from it. (Okay, and I...
Okay, this is kind of a weird website reference, but I just came back from a writing workshop - don't get me started, because I might go ON and ON...
I was at the kids' science museum yesterday and they had an excellent Chemistry simulation that my 7 yo loved using, although of course he didn't...
After nine years of marriage, my husband and I have decided...well whatever. So I'm on my way to being a single parent. I hate the idea of putting...
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2009/10/22/feyerick.kids.banned.park.cnn.html Hmm, as a mom of little kids who have been overwhelmed...
Everyone has been posting their "first day of school" pics on Facebook for their kids, but since we school year round, we don't have an actual...
http://www.mcall.com/news/all-graduationexams-081209,0,6775487.story?track=rss Students would take the Keystone Exams in grades nine through 12...
Just saw this on the news last night. Apparently in the Healthcare bill there is a provision for Home Visitation Programs for expectant families...
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