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"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. " Diogenes Laertius

  • 31st January
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    2011
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If you lived in a crime-ridden neighborhood where your home was broken into a dozen times and the school your children were zoned to was low-performing, wouldn’t you take drastic measures to ensure they got a quality education?

Ohio woman jailed for sending kids to school just wanted a choice - CNN.com (via kateybasye)

this story highlights so much of what is wrong with our current public education system.  Every child has the right to get a high quality education in a place they feel safe!

(via gritinthegap)

  • 30th January
    2011
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Procrastination Nation

If I had a dollar for every minute of my life that I procrastinated, I’d be rich.   I’ve entered the phase of my education where all I have left is my dissertation.  “All.”   I say that like it’s a small thing. It’s not, but now that there is little structure to my coursework- mainly because there is no coursework, I find it very hard to motivate. 

So, I said “self, why not start a new blog. A blog totally devoted to education.”  I mean, why not? Lord knows I have many opinions on just about any topic in education, and in my twisted mind, I figure that blogging is sort of like researching my my dissertation.  It totally is, right?

At any rate, this is the space in which I will post any and everything I want to weigh in on.  Feel free to join in!