Category Archives: Schools

This Is So Sad

A kindergarten teacher had her class vote on whether or not to send a student to the principal’s office. Excuse me, but isn’t that the teacher’s job to determine? “The teacher decided to bring him in front of the class … Continue reading

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Parents Fighting Fuzzy Math

This post has a little something for everyone – a homeschool tie-in, a local tie-in, and a national tie-in, so I am posting it on She’s Right (my political blog) and Crafty Mama’s Homeschool (my homeschooling/crafting blog). Yesterday, I was … Continue reading

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Sex Ed in Grade 4

I know I can’t keep my kids young and innocent forever, but my boys just came in from playing with two fourth-grade public school girls in our neighborhood and they told me that tomorrow someone is going to the school … Continue reading

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Two More Reasons to Homeschool

Here are just a couple of reasons that make me glad that we decided to homeschool. In this story, a local school is talking about whether or not they should start school later. The freshmen and sophomores have to be … Continue reading

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Where Did Recess Go?

Spunky has a post about the decline of recess time in schools. It reminded me of my own situation when my kids were in school. When Big D was in Kindergarten, they frequently did not have recess. I went in … Continue reading

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