PARENT AT THE HELM

3 Out of 5 Community College Entrants Need Remedial Courses

In an effort to remove the "negative connotation" of the word "remedial," the education bureaucracy now asks us to call remedial courses "developmental courses." Of course, this little word play masks the sorry truth that should have parents and taxpayers up in arms: After the billions of dollars we all pay to put American children through 12 - 13 years of schooling, three out of five who enter community college still aren't academically...

Parenting Is Paramount

If you have ever felt that your children are your life's work, then you may in fact be recognizing a high-level psychological need. Caring for your children, feeding them, nurturing them, educating them and making sure they get off on the right foot in life -- all of the things that make parenting successful -- may actually be deep rooted psychological urges that we fulfill as part of being human.

Voice of America Feature on Homeschooling

By Linda Dobson The article titled "Education Begins at Home in Many U.S. Households: Homeschooling has broadened to include parents of all faiths" by Ted Landphair contains this caption under one of the historic Library of Congress photos used to illustrate the article: "The idea that one parent, or even both, make the best teachers, and home makes the best classroom, has long been accepted in many parts of America." Sound like it's a positive homeschooling article?

Waiting for Superman

You may want to see the movie, Waiting for Superman, when it comes to a theater near you. In the meantime, you can learn more about the film in a lengthy New York magazine article by John Heilemann titled "Schools: The Disaster Movie." The lead comment: A debate has been raging over why our education system is failing. A new documentary by the director of An Inconvenient Truth throws fuel on the fire. The American public school system is a total wreck. Everyone involved in the system has a different idea of how to fix it. Many many years ago John Holt, a school teacher who wanted reform...