Is Homework Pointless?
Growing up, I was one of those little kids with the huge backpack about twice my size. Around the…
Growing up, I was one of those little kids with the huge backpack about twice my size. Around the…
More and more parents are going to work these days leaving many unable to structure their time around their…
When I entered the public school system in Canada a bilingual country, if anyone needs reminding in the 1970s,…
Last week I went to Back to School Night at my daughter’s school. I can not possibly express how…
It wasn’t until I had children that I realized I should have been a teacher. No matter that I…
Last week Slate highlighted a blog post listing what constituted first grade readiness back in 1979. Everyone seemed to…
“Corporal Punishment Returning To British Schools” blares the headline over at Care2.com. The prose below the headline is just…
One of the things that bothers me about society’s obsession with child predators is how it criminalizes or otherwise…
Cursive writing is totally old-school. Literally. The state of Indiana has changed its academic standards and guess what? The…
Hanging on my wall is a framed document from my childhood: a high-school report card. What’s frame-worthy about this…
Andrew Sullivan, whatever else his talents, is obsessed with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in a manner that most…
Five San Antonio elementary school cafeterias are having high-tech cameras installed to photograph the lunch habits of children. Big…
Since I live near Washington, D.C., disaster drills are something of a common occurrence. At my last newspaper, we…