All posts tagged "Education"
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Is Our Children Learning?
And Now This Update About Our Educational System
Sep 16, 2013“So I was in class when I saw this guy reading an IHOP menu,” writes a...
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Family & Parenting Humor
Is Our Children Learning?
Oct 17, 2012If you worry about whether today’s children are taking their education seriously, look no further than...
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In the News
Schools Versus The Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation: Oh, It’s On!
Apr 22, 2010Schools are pleading with parents to keep their kids in class and not take them to...
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In the News
Only in Los Angeles: Video Produced by Parents – Starring Megan Fox – Used to Protest School Budget Cuts
Apr 7, 2010In most neighborhoods, parents fight school budget cuts with protest marches and/or op-eds in the local...
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In the News
Smartphones Helping Kids Get Smart
Apr 5, 2010There is an interesting article in this month’s Fast Company magazine about how smartphones and hand-held...
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Candy's Column
The Top 10 Oddest Things My Teachers Ever Said to Me
Mar 31, 2010Now that we have a child, our thoughts and conversations often turn to education — wondering...
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In the News
Study: Girls Are Starting to Kick Butt in Math
Mar 17, 2010It’s been long believed (by me) that girls often are not encouraged to excel in science...
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Health & Beauty
Blame It on the ‘Chicken Patty’: School Lunches Linked to Kids’ Obesity
Mar 15, 2010Turns out, delicious school cafeteria menu items such as calzones, potato rounds and meatball grinders are...
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In the News
Educator of the Week So Far: Teacher Writes ‘Loser’ on Sixth Grader’s Assignment
Mar 14, 2010A North Carolina teacher is in trouble with a capital S-T-U-P-I-D after writing “loser” on a...
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In the News
German Homeschoolers Granted Political Asylum
Jan 27, 2010A German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children was granted political...