I’ve mentioned a few too many times in this space that I’ve been shopping for a new car, beginning last spring. And bought one just before the end of the year.
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A Very Bad Report Card
At the end of January, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released their annual report, what they say is an “assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas”. The so-called “national report card”.
Photo Post – Winter Blues
Winter is not my favorite time of year. Not so much because of the cold and drab days as it is that everything seems to be in slow motion waiting for spring to arrive.
Whose Civics Do We Teach?
Civics is defined in Wikipedia as the “study of the civil and political rights and obligations of citizens in a society”. And, over the past decade or more, there have been a lot of call to improve the teaching of civics in this country.
Presidents’ Day
When I was in school – way back in the previous century – we got a day off on February 22nd to celebrate George Washington’s birthday, one of the oldest federal holidays.
Somewhere around 1970 it was moved to the third Monday in February and not long after that people began calling the celebration “Presidents’ Day”.