“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Responsibility and Power
Way back when I was in college, I minored in psychology. I dropped that minor after a couple of years when I realized all my professors were bat-poop crazy. All, that is, except my abnormal psych prof. Go figure. (Shout out to Dr. Montgomery!) The professors that finally drove me away screaming were crazy and […]
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On the limits of my knowledge
A quote that has been rattling around in my brain from the Empty Shelf Challenge book I just reviewed. “We will just have to realize that ignorance will always be our lot and then get on with the task — often a joyful one — of learning what we can with the time and abilities […]
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Go forth and learn stuff!
Today is the first day of public school in our area, and judging by my Facebook feed, for a lot of people all over the country. You can almost smell the excitement: teachers finally putting into action all of your plans made over the summer, kids with all their supplies together for the first (and […]
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Everybody loves a sale!
Except communists, I guess. But since I probably don’t have a lot of communists reading this blog, it doesn’t matter. Non-communist homeschoolers really love sales, and Compass Classroom has a huge sale this week only–30 to 50 percent off. This is the company that puts out Visual Latin. We love this program, and I’ve reviewed […]
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The founding principles of modern schooling
John Taylor Gatto explains the six purposes of modern schooling according to Alexander Inglis, for whom the Inglis Lectureship in Secondary Education at Harvard is named. Gatto is a former New York City Teacher of the Year and crusader against our current compulsory institutional school system that arose around the turn of the 19th century. […]
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Testing week in Texas
May the odds be ever in your favor. A couple of related(?) links: “We are pathologizing boyhood.” Types of plastic surgery ? Octoplasty (ear surgery) ? Rhinoplasty ( nose reshaping) ? Forehead lift ? Dermabrasion ? Mastopexy ( breast lift) ? Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) ? Rhytidectomy (face lift ) ?Liposuction ? Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) […]
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Widgetizing people
A few days ago, I came across an article about kindergarten students taking standardized tests. Kindergarten students. Five-year-olds forced to sit for as many as five hours to do a test on a computer using the rage-inducing technology of a trackpad for those whose fine motor skills are still developing. Someone apparently hates five-year-olds. Today, […]
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Thinking about education
I’ve been thinking a lot about education lately. Things like the controversy over Common Core Standards and high stakes testing, my article on education of girls in Kenya, and our own American history studies looking at self-taught geniuses such as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas (Lincoln walking miles to borrow books, and Douglass literally risking […]
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Taking on mountains
Education is one of the most powerful tools for improving societies. Literate societies are healthier, wealthier, and generally more stable. For girls especially, education reduces early marriage, improves health — including maternal mortality — and provides for a better future not only for them but also for their children. But in some areas, the challenges to […]
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Strange bedfellows
This week in my Communities Digital News, I write about National School Choice Week. In just a little while, Tea Party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz will join the progressive congresswoman Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at the kick-off rally in Houston. A look at the events being held around the country shows us that urban and […]
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