"...it's a very affirming day for the standards and accountability movement."
-- U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on the latest math and reading test results supporting No Child Left Behind.
About Me
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- I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. -- Oscar Wilde
Secular Resources
2011 Read-Alouds
My 2011 Reading
Satiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs & Vulgarians
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
Bossypants
Building Cardboard Dollhouses
The Authentic Georgian Dollshouse
A Field Guide to American Houses
America East: Its Architecture and Decoration
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley 1740-1840
Miniature Emboidery
The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted Embroidery Patterns from Before 1600
Building Cardboard Dollhouses
The Authentic Georgian Dollshouse
A Field Guide to American Houses
America East: Its Architecture and Decoration
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley 1740-1840
Miniature Emboidery
The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted Embroidery Patterns from Before 1600
Le Livre des Lettres au Point de Croix
1 comment:
Meanwhile in Canada, the right-wing think tank Fraser Institute (which does give me the heebeejeebees lots of the time) pubbed a review indicating that "Home schooling improves academic performance and reduces impact of socio-economic factors"
The summary here:
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/commerce.web/newsrelease.aspx?nID=4933
The full text here:
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/Commerce.Web/product_files/Homeschooling.pdf
As it's Thanksgiving here and the inevitable dinner ensues, a number of families have been busily printing off copies to slip to annoying elderly relatives who want to know when are you going to send that child to a real school?
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