A lengthy exploration of IQ testing for kindergarten placement from the New York magazine’s website adds to the growing chorus of those questioning of the role of tests in our kids lives. This article’s focus is on kindergarten placement tests but also touches on issues of class, equality, corporate influence, and, offers insights into better [...]
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What’s a ‘Linear Differential Operator’ Anyway?, 14 August 2008, Hawaii Reporter, Kailua, Hawai’i
On Tuesday, August 12, 2008, Eugene So presented his Master’s thesis, “Linear Differential Operators and the Distribution of Zeros of Polynomials”. I didn’t understand a word of it. Eugene invited me to attend since I had tutored him years ago, between third and [...]
‘He’s like our angel’, 13 July 2008, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts
The Perry’s three older children had gone to faith-based private schools. Micah was the family’s first child to attend public school, Stony Brook Elementary. He spent seven years at the school and had a great experience, his mother said. But after considering the [...]
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Okay, I understand why ’some’ rules are usually considered normal. We’re surrounded by rules. I’m reminded of the song Signs from the ’60s or early ’70s in which the singer rebels against the instructions directed at us from signs no matter where we go.
Despite this, it seems that non-homeschooling reporters are fascinated with rule-less homeschooling parents [...]
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The legislation is waiting for the governor’s signature.
Good news for NY homeschoolers, 19 June 2008, Here in the Bonny Glen
Well, it looks like common sense has prevailed. Today the New York State Senate passed a bill reinstating these services to homeschooled children. The Assembly passed the companion bill on Monday. Now all that remains is [...]
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