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Homeschooling in California Now Requires a Teaching Certificate
From this link: “A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000...
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Paradigm-Shifting Questions
I just finished The Homework Myth, an intriguing book in which Alfie Kohn makes the claim that homework, with just a few exceptions, should be eliminated. In that book, Kohn includes a chapter...
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The All-New Online Math League
Rumor has it that some teachers actually take time off for summer vacation. Not me. Instead of doing boring things like golfing or actually going outside, I’ve been working on a complete site...
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Conspiracy Theories and Public Education
I lurk at a wide variety of education-related forums dealing with everything from elementary education to education policy to homeschooling, and one disturbing trend I find is this: a sizable minority...
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Why Is Educational Technology So Far Behind?
Money obviously commands more attention that children do. At least that’s certainly what it looks like as we take a stroll around the Internet. When I go to Amazon.com, the site knows me. It...
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The Online Math League
It’s time once again for my annual invitation to all math teachers of students in second grade up through Algebra: come join the Online Math League! (For people who aren’t long-time readers of this...
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The Future of Education: One Teacher’s Prediction
As we all know, a financial crisis is upon us, and I believe that we have every reason to believe that the U.S. education system will be profoundly affected by it. Here’s my crystal-ball-like...
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