- Starving the Future--"We will never be able to compete internationally as long as we treat education like a non-necessity." NYT
- What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success--"The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence."
- Everything You've Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong
- If You Win a Charter School Lottery, You're Happy. But What About the Losers?
- Student who revealed Troy High election-rigging seeks post--"The Troy High School senior who was suspended from school and stripped of his student-government post after he broke into a school database to reveal that a teacher altered election results is seeking to undo some of the discipline imposed on him." So the whistleblower gets punished while cheater teacher goes scot-free?
- U.S. Should Adopt Higher Standards for Science Education
- Effective Teaching is a Long Con
- Why Online Education Won't Replace College
- Feds: Mississippi county runs 'school-to-prison pipeline'
- Tracking School Children With RFID Tags? It’s All About the Benjamins
- Should Kids Go to Jail for Skipping School?
- Undisciplined--"The Obama administration undermines classroom order in pursuit of phantom racism."
- Do Urban Schools Blame Failure on Black Culture?
- UK: More than 87,000 racist incidents recorded in schools
- High court case looks at affirmative action at universities
- Blast from the Past: Rich, Black, Flunking --"Cal Professor John Ogbu thinks he knows why rich black kids are failing in school. Nobody wants to hear it."
- Raising Successful Children--"So if children are able to live with mistakes and even failing, why does it drive us crazy? So many parents have said to me, 'I can't stand to see my child unhappy.' If you can't stand to see your child unhappy, you are in the wrong business." Or as Thomas Wayne asked his son: "Why do we fall?" NYT
- If You Spank, Don’t Console--"Study shows that the inconsistent message of corporal punishment along with otherwise positive parenting predicts higher depression rate in kids."
- How to Teach a Child to Argue--"Why would any sane parent teach his kids to talk back? Because, this father found, it actually increased family harmony."
- Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective #1
- Blast from the Past: Mischel’s Marshmallows--"How are your New Year's resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them."
- Sex? Not my kid!--"A new book explores parental delusions about their teens' sexuality." Salon
- Answering kids' sex questions Salon
- Australia: How to teach sex ed to kids--"There's no escaping the parental responsibility in helping our kids develop their sexual values."
- Raising the Ritalin Generation--"Once you start looking for a problem, someone’s going to find one, and attention deficit has become the go-to diagnosis for energetic children." NYT
- Texas judge gets a warning over beating video--" Judge William Adams has been on paid leave since November, when daughter Hillary Adams posted her secret recording of the lashing...."
- Girl accuses father of 'waterboarding'--What's she complaining about? The CIA says not torture! Maybe we can get Hannity's take on it.
- Court picks name for child in parental disagreement
- Italian parents turn to law to evict adult son
