Monthly Archives: December 2013

Originally posted on The Finch and Pea:
Originally posted on 24 December 2012 when my now 5 year old was 4. Tis the season…for my 4 year old to ask me to sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer repeatedly during any…

Originally posted on Amusingz:
  OK, so it’s like the night before the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only thing stirring is reruns on television and my fingers on the keyboard and mouse. My parents are…

Originally posted on Snoozing on the Sofa:
All the presents are wrapped. The stockings are ready to be filled. All that’s left is for Santa to show up and move everything into place in the dark of night. Sometimes Christmas…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
David Gamberg, superintendent of schools in both Southold and Greenport, New York, is an educator who cares about the whole child. He knows what matters most. He knows that test scores are not…

Originally posted on Tri Fatherhood:
Dear Izzy, Max, and Kate, We’ve been passing around the “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones in my men’s Friday morning Bible study. While last year I used Charlie Brown (actually Linus) to tell…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Consider this historical satire. It was written by Paul Horton, who teaches history at the University of Chicago Lab School.   A Modest Proposal for the Gang of Four (Arne Duncan, Bill Gates,…