Education Clichés

This morning, I read a New York Times opinion piece called “The Great Stagnation of American Education” by Robert Gordon.  My first thoughts were that it contained a lot of useful information about how important education is for long term earning...

A Perceived Threat

A local school received a threat early this week, and the specifics were frightening but not clear and specified today’s date for the mayhem.  The school district acted appropriately in every regard, in terms of searches of the school, and searches of kids...

Can Kids be Developers?

My son attended a camp last summer in iPhone/iPod app development, and will be going again this summer.  He had a great time, and came away from the experience with a simple, fun app he made, and the ability to jail break iphones, which seemed pretty impressive for a...

What is A Quality Education Option?

StudentsFirst.org just sent me an email with the following text: “Students, parents and community leaders are gathering in front of City Hall on Wednesday and I hope you will join us! Our message — Pennsylvania students need more quality school options....