Do Kids Need More Time in School?
President Obama recommends shorter summer vacations for U.S. schoolchildren so they can attend school for more days than they do already, because he believes that they’re at a disadvantage compared to...
View ArticleOne Thing We Don’t Have to Worry About
Today’s big news story is making headlines all around the world: shocking video exists of a teacher at a charter school in Texas slapping, kicking and dragging one of her students while other students...
View ArticleSchools Step Out Onto the Slippery Slope of Educational Freedom
And so it begins…school districts are finding that they can keep their school year from being extended further into summer by allowing kids to learn online on snow days. And already they’ve discovered...
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Eek! Kids are Getting Fat and Dumb!
We must take away summer vacation because it’s making kids stupid and obese! That’s the battle cry from Peter Orszag, who decrees in this article that: Kids lose some of what they learned during the...
View ArticlePreparing Our Kids for a Challenging Future, Part 2: Raising Eager Learners
The new economy is a completely different environment from the one our parents and grandparents knew, the one that’s disappearing. It’s no longer the norm for someone to work for one company for 40...
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U is for Understanding
U is for understanding. When a small child comes home from school cranky and upset, he may not be able to explain what happened to make him feel that way; his parents are left to wonder if the teacher...
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