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18 August 2008
Thoughts On the Presidential Forum and More
The Purpose Driven Debate
Okay, so it wasn’t technically a debate, but this was America’s first real look at the two major party presidential candidates, side-by-side.
I admit that I haven’t seen it. I watched a few clips pertinent to what I am going to talk about here, but I have not had a chance to […]
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29 April 2008
Aren’t We Due for a Homeschooling Post?
Another day, another uninformed anti-homeschool rant. *yawn*
I usually ignore them; I have more important things to do with my time than try to reason with a bunch of ignorant bigots with impenetrable prejudices.
This time, though, I would like to get a few things off my chest. (Mostly, this comes from the comments on the […]
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24 March 2008
More on the NECAPs and Math Education
Yesterday, the Burlington Free Press had a follow-up story about the NECAP results.
Here is the line that tells you everything you need to know about Vermont’s schools.
Just how much the NECAP math scores mean is under debate. Teachers and principals are asking: Was the test too difficult, or not?
Okay now, as an educator myself, if […]
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19 March 2008
Miscellany
I have been in bed with the flu since - what day is it? - Monday evening. The flu, in case you have not had it lately, really, really bites.
I feel like I was run over several times by a golf cart or other small vehicle that would cause a lot of pain, but […]
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12 March 2008
Try Teaching to the Test
Speaking of education, did you catch that article in the Free Press, or some other Vermont news source, about the NECAP results? (That’s the standardized test VT students take.)
You have to see it to believe how abysmal they are.
So, while the state is concerned that home schooled children are not getting a good enough […]
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11 March 2008
Homeschooling Laws in Vermont and California: How They Are Connected and Why This Matters
I mentioned last week that homeschoolers in Vermont have been wrestling with the State Department of Education’s new interpretation of the recently revised Home Study statute.
I have been trying to think of a way to make this a story that is relevant to someone other than the small sub-set of Vermont homeschoolers who insist on […]
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27 February 2008
Gender Segregation
A school superintendent in Georgia plans to separate the students throughout his entire district by gender, in an effort to save his failing schools.
“At the rate we’re moving, we’re never going to catch up,” Superintendent Shawn McCollough told parents in an impassioned speech last week. “If we’re going to take some steps, let’s take some […]
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6 February 2008
How to Fix Education, and How to Break It
This morning, the Burlington (VT) Free Press had an article about the state’s standardized test scores.
Vermont public school students in grades three to eight improved slightly in reading, dipped slightly in math and continued to struggle with writing, according to standardized test results published Tuesday by the Vermont Education Department.
But the real issue […]
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30 August 2007
The Worst Case For Socialized Medicine - Ever
The Rutland Herald ran a commentary today, by Paul Krugman, that began with the following imaginary scenario.
Suppose, for a moment, that the Heritage Foundation were to put out a press release attacking the liberal view that even children whose parents could afford to send them to private school should be entitled to free government-run education.
They’d […]
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22 August 2007
Maybe I Should Just Move to New Jersey
Still super pissed off extremely unhappy about having to prove that I am educating my children because it takes me so long to get all of the paperwork together with three kids under foot, I have one more post about homeschooling laws for you.
I just learned that New Jersey does not require anything from homeschooling […]
