Math Literacy
On a discussion list I read, someone posted that one Teresa Donn said in Readers Digest: While reviewing math symbols with my second-grade pupils, I …
When the Earth Was at This Point in its Orbit
I.e., on this day in history. Excuse the small font size; I wanted the post to look good, to have each event stay on one …
Jefferson’s Second Inaugural Address
Thomas Jefferson gave his Second Inaugural Address on Monday, March 4, 1805. He said: PROCEEDING, fellow-citizens, to that qualification which the Constitution requires before my …
Reading: The State of the Art
In the Clarion Call of the Pope Center, a Mr. Thomas Bertonneau has an article entitled “What, Me Read?” The editor of the Clarion says: …
Ben Again 2
In a letter to Mary Stevenson (written, it is thought, in November 1760, or sometime in 1761), Mr. Franklin said: My Experiment was this. I …
This Week’s Homeschooling “Blog Carnival”
There’s a plethora of blog posts by homeschoolers and about homeschooling at the Carnival of Homeschooling: The Mystery Hat Edition on Beverly’s Homeschooling Blog. Hopefully …
Pedagogical Regifting
We have a case of the same old thing in a shiny new package. Caveat: I love modern technology. I love what it does for …
Integration: A Cardinal Aspect of Reason 2
Matt Ridley writes in the article “The Natural Order of Things” (published Wednesday, 7th January 2009) in The Spectator Magazine: Ideas evolve by descent with …
“Hands On:” A Thought
What’s so great — and so different — about “hands-on” learning? It seems to characterize…everyone — and therefore to characterize no one. I’ve seen that …
“The Raven” By Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly …