kitchen table math, the sequel

One consequence of the recent expansion of human genetic variability is that a number of culturally relevant SNPs are also local and cross-c...

27 States Sign on for Digital Learning Day Celebrations will vary by state.

We point out simply that not only do U.S. students on average perform better internationally than reported in a myriad of policy papers, but...

interesting post at The Economist

on another thread, momof4 writes : As far as I can tell, the best-performing countries don't expect their kids to discover multiplicati...

Speaking of Memoria Press , my catalog came in a mail a couple of days ago and there was an article in there on the "top ten" rea...

Synchronicity is real. Heck, maybe ESP is real. I can't tell you how many times, now, I've thought "WHERE is so-and-so,...

woo hoo! old wine, new bottle

Answer:  The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence . I give up.

Ferguson: An editor/friend of mine planted the seed for the book when he asked me to write a magazine article about Katharine Cohen, an ext...

From time to time, I mention T. Colin Campbell's The China Study : a terrific book. A few minutes ago, I found what I think is probably ...

In a comment on another thread, Glen writes: SteveH asked: But how about the MITx degree ? What's the catch? The catch is that nobody ...

Heard from Susan S yesterday, who wanted to know if I'd read Crazy U by Andrew Ferguson. Answer: yes, and I've been meaning to po...

re: re: We all want to be 'middle class' and Speaking of the middle class As part of not getting my stride back today , and inspi...

re: Grace's post "We all want to be middle class " (and other posts on this subject) I finally found an income chart that in...

The research actually shows that "joined manuscript" is both faster and more legible than cursive, especially at maximum speed. It...

I've become a tad health-and-diet-preoccupied here in the New Year. But I figure I am not alone. Just came across a Gallup poll -- How...

A teacher friend told me her district is not going to teach cursive handwriting any more. The children entering Kindergarten next year won...

First we had a great Christmas, then we had a great trip to IL to see my brother and his family. Now: re-entry. Yuck! Blech! I hate ...

Why we want to be middle class But whatever its exact size, the middle class is usually considered more deserving – and more threatened – t...