The education reformers who brought us No Child Left Behind have done screwed up. They’ve messed with Texas mommas. The mommas in question live in good neighborhoods so their kids can go to good schools with great teachers. When these moms realized that the latest round of high-stakes testing “reform” was hurting their AP kids, they didn’t just get mad, [Read More]

The Daily Beast article brought back several painful memories of my experience as the only boy at an all girls school. According to the article, a public middle school in West Virginia is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for separating boys and girls into single-sex classrooms. School directors, motivated by research that shows single-sex education can improve [Read More]

We celebrate report cards in my family by letting the boys pick dinner. My oldest always wants steak. My youngest likes beige food—pasta, mac & cheese, and potatoes. When he finished the 3rd grade this year, he chose KFC (beige again) for getting all A’s except for two B’s. I asked him what he learned this year, and he mentioned [Read More]