Posts Tagged ‘parent at the helm’
National Curriculum Coming to a School Near You!
But don’t look for anything spoken of as “national curriculum.” Instead, it shall be called “common core” to “sidestep the federalism debate,” according to a 3.10.10 Washington Post article by Nick Anderson called “Governors, State School Superintendents to Propose Common Academic Standards.” Yes, we wouldn’t want a debate [...]
Schools Closing; Public Ed Iceberg Is Melting
Yesterday’s Parent at the Helm news round-up titled “Top 50 Education Tech Blogs and More” included a report on a Wall Street Journal article about schools potentially turning to a four-day week in order to salvage jobs while continuing to function on shrinking budgets. As you might expect, many parents consider such a response to budget [...]
Blog Carnival of Homeschooling Party Edition
This week's Blog Carnival of Homeschooling - the Party Edition - is hosted by "Homeschool Bytes." The Blog Carnival gathers together one post from a wide variety of homeschool blogs for your reading pleasure. This week, Parent at the Helm shared "Homeschooling: The Gift that Keeps Giving." Lots of great reading ahead! Sail on over to the [...]
Grandma Wisdom at the Helm
We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Parent at the Helm Gets Mobile-Friendly
For all of our mobile viewers, we've got great news for you today. Our brilliant Tech Department (one hard-working SailorDude), has upgraded us to include a mobile pack. This, I'm told, includes a mobile switcher, filtered widgets AND content adaptation for mobile device characteristics. There is also a selection of mobile themes by ribot, a top [...]
