education
We've always found boys like a challenge and some competition -- who's fastest, strongest, and scores the most points. Here's a program which plays right into that trait: See how much you can write in a month. Several years ago I ran across a peculiar little project. The National Novel Writing Month is a tongue-in-cheek…
Are you homeschooling? If so, you've discovered that things are seldom as easy as you supposed. All of us at one time or another have looked at the yellow buses going by and thought, “Well, there’s always that …” But here are some things which help us keep on course when the headwinds pick…
A bumper sticker says, "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." Most people agree on the value of education. The Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank in Raleigh, N.C., just completed a study of the cost. How much does it take to provide a K-12 education? How about $122,478 ? That's median per-pupil expense for thirteen years in the…