If you think you can improve education with a test, you must also think you can fatten a calf by weighing it.
This analogy was left by a signer of the petition against the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. I think it efficiently points out the irrational thinking behind the testing frenzy that NCLB has […]
There has been much talk in the homeschooling community about the Dr. Phil show called “The Great School Debate” which aired this week. I decided to skim through the message boards on his site to see if anything interesting jumped out at me. Not all of it is worth taking the time to read fully. […]
Boy, we were all feeling quite cranky around here today! The heat wave that is affecting most of the country has definitely hit home at our house. The temperature outside reached 91 degrees.
Without the modern conveniences of central air we have to make do. Needless to say, all of us were a bit too warm […]
I haven’t run across any blogs that have written about this, although I am sure they’re out there. It’s being talked about on message boards and email lists but somehow I didn’t learn about it until yesterday, so I figure a few of us must still be in the dark about this.
Teacher’s editions are now […]
The creator of Hathor the Cow Goddess has written an excellent letter to DailyKos about five issues close to her heart (and mine). Here are they are, with an excerpt from her letter about each.
1) Homebirth …did you know that many states are making it illegal to birth other than in the hospital? …and that […]
