Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools

Out in Out in Left Field , Katharine Beals has a  post about Math teaching at Exeter.  Aside from the question of traditional vs. reform ma...

Some years ago I saw a Frontline documentary called "Prisoners of Silence"   (original air date 1993.) I recommend it highly.  It ...

As part of my project of re-reading books I liked as a kid, I recently read The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes, by M. R...

This year, for the first time, we are opting Younger Daughter out of standardized testing.  In previous years, she didn't want to be sin...

I wish this was the last post I would ever write about homework problems, but I doubt it is.  The latest wrinkle is that YD is being assigne...

Older Daughter is now back at the local public high school for junior year (long story).  I've been helping her write an essay on "...

In the New York Times, Room for Debate: Should Parents Help their Children with Homework? featuring many of the usual suspects:  Sara Benn...