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My teenagers’ homework ate their free time

February 1, 2007 – 4:33 pm

Last week, Jay Matthews, in his Extra Credit column for the Washington Post, defended the practice of assigning homework. I’m not against homework (we homeschoolers do a lot of it). And I could go into all of the positive benefits of some time spent each day on homework outside of class. But how much is [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in education, parenting, public school | Comments (5)

Happy Birthday, Oxford English Dictionary

February 1, 2007 – 7:20 am

In 1857, dismayed at incomplete and deficient status of English dictionaries, the Philological Society of London determined a new dictionary was in order. The first edition was published February 1, 1884. From the Oxford English Dictionary website:
The new dictionary was planned as a four-volume, 6,400-page work that would include all English language vocabulary [...]