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Walking the Mile
Today I’m taking on people who complain about teachers. If you’re a teacher, you know exactly what I mean. I’m talking about the people who complain that teachers are paid too much, don’t work enough...
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Top 10 Reasons I Wish I Still Homeschooled
I do still homeschool my daughter. But I have to admit, I wish I had my son home again. I could make him homeschool, but he does enjoy school. I’m trying to do what’s best for him. Still, when...
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Fear-Based Education
Although this isn’t making news beyond the evangelical sphere, I thought I’d share. Please take a moment to read the article I’ve linked before you read the rest of this post. First, in case you’ve...
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Being Open-Minded
For a long time, I’ve been an advocate for keeping more kids off psychotropic medications. Not because I doubt the existence of childhood mental disorders, but because the long-term effects are...
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Making Progress
One more post about the kiddos and then I promise, it’s right back to brilliantly scathing commentary on fundamentalism. Okay, fine, it’s back to somewhat grouchy and disapproving commentary on...
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They’re Just Words
I had an eye-rolling moment this afternoon. One of those times when you think, “You didn’t just say that. Oh, no. You did just say that. Wait…really?????” and it’s also an extremely squicky moment....
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Pearson strikes again
I do my best to stay out of most discussions about public education. My older child is having a positive experience in public school, and our family’s income depends on the public school system. I’m...
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Health class and hook-ups
Last night, I got an email from one of my readers.* She sent me the link to this mind-bogglingly awful blog post by Matt “Stay-at-Home-Moms-Are-Awesome” Walsh. I’m not sure that we should have...
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On being “gifted”
Last night, I read Glennon Melton’s post about calling kids “gifted” and this response to her. Today, I read Glennon’s response on Facebook. Because I believe she truly does want to understand, here...
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