The whole country just finished their Standardized Tests. If you’re a parent you know that the entire school year has been hijacked by making sure kids pass these tests. It’s legislation called No Child Left Behind and was the major education reformation of George II. The test had a number of consequences — some good, [...]
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Educational Winds of Change
The winds of change are blowing through the Louisiana educational system with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane. Governor Bobby Jindal longs to make a name for himself on the national stage, a name that was somewhat tarnished by an embarrassing rebuttal to one of Barack Obama’s first speeches made as President. So desperately [...]
2012 — The Year of the Girl
In my life, it has been the year of the girl for a long time now, ever since the first of my three daughters was born. “Girls!” we often scream when the decibel levels rise about the red line on an audiometer. When you have three daughters you inevitably are surrounded by multitudes of [...]
This Is What A Science Advocate Looks Like
Look at Allie Wilkinson and you may not immediately realize that she’s a scientist. And that’s her point. She’s the founder of a fabulous new Tumblr called “This Is What a Scientist Looks Like,” designed to shatter the stereotypes people have toward scientists. Allie and her colleagues asked scientists everywhere to share pictures of [...]
Women Invented Language, Don’t Settle for Equal Pay, Don’t Run for Office – Musings from Tracee
Women Invented Language You know how “they” always say that women weren’t allowed to be literate until like the 1800s or something ridiculous like that? Well that’s just stupid. One only has to compare the verbal and written communication skills of a boy toddler and a girl toddler to know that one is more naturally [...]
I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
I don’t remember much about my high school career. Or my middle school career, for that matter. By seventh grade I’d begun to slip through the cracks in America’s broken public education system. I wasn’t lacking one-on-one time or struggling to understand the lessons; our rural school had decent class sizes and I had every [...]
Putting Teachers at the Top
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. A crappier load of BS was never uttered. I say, “Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, get out of the way.” I am fed up with people who do not value teachers. Did these people not reach their station in life thanks to a teacher in [...]
Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
When you think of girls playing with Legos do you think of girls creating their own robots? I do. I wish I could say the same for Lego executives. In the next few days Lego will roll out brand new sets designed for girls ages five and up, with the theme, “Friends.” The sets were [...]
Ryan White, Part Deux
Milton and Catherine Hershey had a vision. Their vision was realized in the Milton Hershey School, to “nurture and educate children in social and financial need to lead fulfilling and productive lives.“ To that end, the Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania has provided thousands of under-served and underprivileged children a stellar education free of charge [...]
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The Truth About Mormons and Mitt Romney
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Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
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I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
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A Practicing Catholic Sends a Letter to Her Bishop
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What Women are Learning from The Learning Channel
