We’re hearing lots of hype about the Apple Ipad this week and I have to admit that after checking one out myself it’s a pretty impressive little tool. The question of course is …. what kind of tool is it really? It’s easy to criticize it as just a blown up IPod, Ipod Touch, Iphone, [...]
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As a special “thank you” to all of our friends and in honor of Autism Awareness Month (and oddly enough Stress Awareness Month – coincidence that these two are both in the same month?) we are offering the following My Great Kid – Help My Kid Giveaway What are we giving away …….
We talk a lot about educational reform on this blog …. this isn’t what we mean. Illinois State House Backs Four Day School Weeks This idea is so catastrophically stupid that the fact that a politician would come up with the idea …. much less approve it with a vote of 81-21 stuns me. I’m [...]
On Nov. 8th we had the honor of speaking with educational expert, John Taylor Gatto, about the current state of the American educational system. Some startling (and scary) educational statistics to consider…… 1 in 5 American Children Drops Out Of High School Some schools the graduation rate is only 50% ….. or worse. Some a whole [...]
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