At The Education Wonks is a post about an effort in New York state to use mild electric shock therapy on students. I've read the post three times, it looks like some parents feel this "aversion theraphy" has been useful.
Kimberly Swygert at Number 2 Pencil has a good post about cheating in Britain. An article in Guardian Unlimited says that part of the problem is public schools have tried to get parents to be unpaid teachers. The article says: "Tragically this culture of cheating afflicts children from a very early age. Children as young as seven or eight arrive at school showing off polished projects that have benefited from more than a little help from parents." And then explains: "But parents are not entirely to blame. From day one in primary school they are told that the performance of their children is intimately linked to how much support they get at home." With homeschooling the parents don't feel any pressure to help their children do the work, and thus teach the children to cheat.
Do you have a children getting ready to go off to college? The Volokh Conspiracy has a discussion about what colleges are "are 'safe' for politically active and or outspoken conservatives and libertarian students in the sense that students and faculty will generally treat them respectfully ..." A number of itneresting comments. (Hat tip: Dr. Helen)
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