Thursday, March 23, 2006

Links to interesting postings - 23 March 2006

HomeSchoolBuzz had a post today which led to an article about how one homeschooling mother dealt with improving her children's interest in writing. Angela Brown decided to start up a magazine. Her sons saw greater value in writing when they could see their articles in print. She's gone on line with an internet course for a group of children to produce HomeWorld Hearts. I think it is a great idea. I'm sure her children are much more motivated.

Joanne Jacobs reports on a USA Today article about how unions are fighting an effort to get outside help. President Bush is interested in starting an adjunct teachers corps, where experienced scientists and mathematicians would help teach at schools. Teacher unions say no way, just give us more money. To be honest I'm not sure that another government program would really improve public schools. But it is interesting to see that the teacher unions feel threaten and are worried about what is best for them, not the children.

At The Education Wonks is a post on how 800 Detroit teachers called in sick forcing 50 schools to be closed. The school district is suffering financially. The teachers are upset that the principals got a 4.7 to 10.6 percent pay raise, while the teachers aren't getting a raise. The school district points out that the principals got a 10 percent pay cut last year and they are just trying to balance things out. With homeschooling we are not at the mercy of shutdowns like this.


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