homeschooling means we have added hours to damage our kids, or Driven Part II

By Genevieve, on May 17th, 2011%

So,

we had standardized testing last week.  I had a bit of a dilemma, though.  It’s actually a common mom dilemma: how to be in two places at once?

1 of 4 (10th grade dd) had her testing at another site, about 20 minutes away by freeway.  The times were staggered a bit, but there was not much . . . → Read More: homeschooling means we have added hours to damage our kids, or Driven Part II

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school fail

By Genevieve, on May 10th, 2011%

The news today in my area was full of the LAUSD student walkout.  Today, Hunting Park High School students walked out of class and marched to school district headquarters to protest the forced overhaul of their failing school.

A sound-bite that played several times on the radio caught my notice.  It went something like this:

News Person: “So . . . → Read More: school fail

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Mad Math

By Genevieve, on May 6th, 2011%

Math Wall from trindade.joao , used with permission

4 of 4 (2nd grade) was sitting at the table working on her Math for the day.  Sadly, I have to report that she was busy counting on her fingers.  She had two hands worth of fingers up, working on a particularly sticky problem.  1 of 4 watched . . . → Read More: Mad Math

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