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“I wanted to tell you how much I loved seeing something actually made by children,” our librarian said of my sons' entry into the Peeps diorama project, which looked more like a train wreck than Mem Fox's "Where Is the Green Sheep?"...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2015 5:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Highlights

‘Pretesting’ and Other New Ideas to Help Kids Learn

New research in learning offers new techniques for students: Play teacher. Take a break. Walk around. Get some sleep. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2014 3:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, Homework, parenting, brain, back-to-school, Highlights, Carey, Benedict

A Lesson on the Common Core

The state standards have been in the works since 2009 and are now in place at public schools all over the country. But many parents remain confused about what that means. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2014 7:17 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Education (K-12), Teachers and School Employees, Tests and Examinations, Highlights, Parent-Teacher Conference, No Child Left Behind Act

Avoiding the Midwinter ‘Back to School’ Slump

How to spark some excitement for the second "back to school" season of the year. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2014 7:31 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: education, parenting, Parent-Teacher Conference

Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move.

My son wouldn't have noticed if I had packed his Power Ranger sheets for college, but my daughter approached Bed, Bath & Beyond the way a covert operative approaches a mission. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2013 5:53 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parenting, Colleges and Universities, Shopping and Retail, Dormitories

Welcoming a Summer Break From the ‘Rug-Rat Race’

If my children stay home to play after school, guess what? Those children down the street won’t be home. Actually, nobody will be home. Because everybody who can run this gauntlet, does. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2013 12:31 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parenting, Families and Family Life, Athletics and Sports

When 'Help' With Homework Is Too Much

I've always been "on call" for homework help. I never thought of it as "cheating" in any way - but one of my daughter's schoolteachers did. Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2013 6:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, Homework, parenting, _featured, helicopter parent, Cheating, Children and Childhood

Rewarding Success on Standardized Tests

There's a reason a school gives medals to kids who do well on standardized tests, and it probably isn't to recognize academic achievement. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2012 1:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, parental quandary, standardized tests

In Defense of Algebra

I'm so convinced that algebra is worthwhile that last year I enrolled my math-phobic self in my teaching colleague's Algebra I class. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2012 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, math, math and girls, Jessica Lahey, algebra

What Teaching Students Can Learn from Poor, Urban Schools

A field trip to an urban school isn't enough to teach affluent college education students about educational inequality, but it's an excellent start. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2012 8:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, College, high school, Teach for America

When Parents Can Opt Out of School Curriculum

New Hampshire's new state law allows parents to request an alternative curriculum for their children for any subject for any reason. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2012 10:23 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, school, opting out, nickeled and dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, curriculum, New Hampshire opt out law

Should We Have National Standards for Sex Education?

What should children know about sexuality - and when should they know it? Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2012 12:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, sex ed, sex education, sexuality, abstinence, National sex education curriculum

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