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Education Week in Review: July 13 – July 20

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The count down is on and the stores are swarmed with back to school shoppers. Stay in touch with your child’s education and keep tuned in to education blogs at Families.com! Sunday, July 15 Use of Public Schools by the Public Some principals and public school officials are uncomfortable with the public use of the school buildings for non-school related functions. Public schools are public buildings, so how much access should the public have? Monday, July 16 Birthdays and Cut-off Dates My county’s kindergarten teachers seem to be very focused on birthdays. They frown upon parents who begin children that … Continue reading →

We Need Inner City Children to be Inner City Teachers

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It has been a long time issue that inner city schools often have the hardest time keeping and hiring qualified teachers. Cities, such as Milwaukee, face trouble with teachers leaving and moving to more suburbanized areas. As it stands, Milwaukee has a policy that requires teachers to live in the area. Some have thought that more teachers might stay at Milwaukee’s Public Schools if they were allowed to live elsewhere. Many of the teachers do not want to live in the area because they would have to send their own children to the public schools. There is no easy answer … Continue reading →

The Most Talked About Blogs in Education for 2006

We bloggers love when our readers leave comments. Whether you agree or disagree, this is a community that embraces discussions. I know that I always look for the blogs with lots of comments not only to read what the blogger has written, but to read what others think. With that said, here is a list of the most talked about blogs in education for 2006. Hot Button Issues Are Teachers Over Paid? The Good, the Bad, and the Inappropriate: Banning Books from Your Child’s Library Would Schools Be Safer with Stricter Gun Control Laws? To Separate or Not to Separate: … Continue reading →

What Should You Look For In a Magnet School?

As I attended the magnet fair recently put on by my school district I was surprised by the difference in the quality of education that each of the schools seemed to offer. Some of the programs seemed put together just so that the school could say that it was a magnet school, and attract unwitting parents to the school. The school district I am in uses magnet schools to attract students to inner city schools to help boost test scores and parental involvement. I taught school for a short time, and so I was surprised when one school’s main attraction … Continue reading →

Why I Support School Choice Part 3

If you haven’t been following the series, you can check out the links below. This is the final installment in which I answer critics’ concerns over tax funded school choice proposals. School choice options include options like vouchers and charter schools. If you’re just joining us, my position in a nutshell is that I am not anti-public education, but I feel that school choice options would improve the over all educational system. Let’s take a look at a few more issues regarding school choice. Public schools have a minimal standard of accountability while private schools are without regulation. Sending tax … Continue reading →

Why I Support School Choice Part 1

If you are at all familiar with educational issues you know that this is a hot button. School choice is the idea that a parent has the right to choose their child’s school. Okay. . .no big deal. Until you start to take available resources and spread them around, theoretically diverting them from public schools. School choice does not just translate into a parent’s right to homeschool, or opt into a private school, but also includes charter schools, magnet schools, as well as school vouchers. After all, why should school choice be limited to those who can afford to pay … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education.

I am a mother with 4 years worth of hands-on experience in home schooling. I am a home scholar who reads extensively about education in all of its forms. I take note of all new information pertaining to home schooling and education. I watch, listen, and discuss the current state of education in America. I am often one lesson ahead of my kids, as it has been a long time since I have multiplied fractions, or determined a square root. When I find that I am inadequate to teach a subject, I have resources in the form of friends, family, … Continue reading →

10 Ways to Support Your Child’s Teacher (That You May Not Have Thought Of)!

Everyone knows that they are supposed to support their kids through school. Well, in theory anyways, everyone knows this. You’re not supposed to bash your child’s teacher in front of your child, you’re supposed to provide time to do homework, etc. But have you thought of these things that would help your child’s teacher? 1. Use regular, old fashioned watches with hands! You would be amazed at the amount of children who do not know how to tell time by looking at a short hand and a long hand. The year that you start seeing worksheets with clock hands on … Continue reading →

The Homeschooling Education Blogger

While I will not be blogging in Education regularly, I will be filling in a little here and there. Since I also blog in Homeschooling, I felt the need to explain what on earth I could be doing in the Education section. After all, homeschooling and education (as in schools) are polar opposites right? Well, although I don’t feel that school is right for my children in our situation (see “Why I Homeschool: An Answer for Kaye!”), my background is in fact, in education. I thought perhaps some of you might be interested to know my background as a teacher, … Continue reading →

My Inner City Story: Inner City Conditions

In my last blog I talked about the teachers that tend to stay in the inner city, I started there, rather than this topic because if inner city schools are to improve, there has to be teachers willing to teach here. I noted that neither money nor other incentives are as likely to keep good teachers as are mentors. I also believe that some teachers come here not realizing what they’re getting into and thus are set up for failure. But I cannot continue to talk about my experiences here without talking about the conditions in inner city schools. They … Continue reading →