And now for a comedic interlude:
More education-related cartoons at Weapons of Math Destruction.
Via matthewktabor.com
Despite ongoing controversy, polls opened for the Best Current Events, Opinions or Politics Blog yesterday in the wee hours of the morning. Principled Discovery was pleasantly surprised to see her blog in the top of the category, with a clear 75% of the vote.
I understand only four people had voted, but I think this [...]
Summer of Mom is Teaching asked for eight reasons why we homeschool. Regular readers are familiar with how I respond to anything that looks like a meme when I take the time. New readers and those passing through are about to be initiated.
1. I love discussing the socialization of my children [...]
If you want your child socialized… is a little older, but is by far the most popular post I have had (not counting the coverage of the Busekros case). I thought of it today because we are about to embark on a 15 hour journey…not counting stops. If that amount of time sitting elbow to [...]
I suppose it only makes sense to share insights into how to drive away readers just after posting on how to increase unhappiness in your homeschool. Normally, I try to space out my attempts at humor because I am terribly used to being taken too seriously. But Yvonne from Grow Your Writing Business [...]
School is well underway for most of us, and we are far enough into the year to begin feeling behind. Stressed, we begin looking over the fence at the Jones’, where the grass is always greener and the children never whine. Meeting with other homeschoolers brings a mixture of encouragement and feelings of [...]
The most frequently asked question I receive from polite strangers has nothing to do with socialization and everything to do with latent fears regarding parenting. “How do you do it all?” They ask as my daughter bags groceries and I pay. I revel in the praise which comes as a welcome distraction from [...]
Ian Lewis, UK minister for older people, has an interesting proposition for the public schools in Britain, something I think would be worthy to pursue here in the states.
‘I would like to see older people having their lunch at a local school, acting as role models and mentors for the kids, and then perhaps local [...]
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