TechnoEarthMama

If I could, I’d love to homeschool my kids.  I have enough education and experience working with kids to do it well, even if I’m not a certified teacher.  And as public schools are cutting programs, curriculum, and employees, homeschooling sounds better and better.
But it’s not a good financial option for my family right now, [...]

I attended parent-teacher conferences for my two older kids tonight.   My girls are excellent students, and in general well-behaved, but we did discuss a couple of areas of concern.  Nothing big, and I’m not going to dish about my kids online, but of course I keep thinking things over and planning what to do.
I’ve been [...]

Jack Bog just reminded me that there are ballot measures out there, waiting to be voted on in November!  I’m most concerned about the Oregon measures, of course, but I encourage you to look into your local and state ballot measures, wherever you are.  Don’t forget to get the facts!  Don’t rely on TV and [...]

Oregon’s statewide ballot measure numbers for November won’t be assigned until August 2, but at least one is already controversial: a measure brought to you by Bill Sizemore which would limit bilingual education in public schools.  Like the arguments about English becoming the official language of the United States (still making [...]

Find the mode of these numbers:
55, 23, 78, 44, 55, 99, 32
Explain why an elementary school student needs to know the mode of anything:

I’m currently involved in administering standardized tests to fourth and fifth grade students. Educators often have a love-hate relationship with testing, and it’s no different here. Testing is difficult for a lot of kids; it stresses them out, and it takes time away from actual instruction.
Given that testing is difficult for older elementary [...]