Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Harding Family Sends 11 year-old Homeschooler to College

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I want to meet this family who lives in the same city where our state school board meets! Healthy Family Harding Family Website CNN Video

Marva Collins

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Comment: In early fall of 2007, a friend invited me to visit an elementary school in nearby Panama City, Florida, to hear Marva Collins. After teaching "the worst class in the school" for three hours that morning, Mrs. Collins met with the faculty and guests to talk about ...

Psychiatric Help 5¢

Friday, May 16th, 2008

May 16, 2008 Will Fitzhugh Ed News In Peanuts, when we see Lucy offering Psychiatric Help for a nickel, we know it is a joke: ("The Psychiatrist is IN"), but when English teachers in the schools insist that students write about the most intimate details of their private lives for school assignments, ...

Do You Know What Your Child Is Reading?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

By Tiffany Bradley That time of year is approaching when schools send home a list of recommended or required books for summer reading. Trusting parents often take these lists as blanket approval of a book’s quality and content and dutifully take their children to the local library or bookstore to ...

Peters says teamwork, integrity are key to professional success

Monday, May 12th, 2008

April 25, 2006 Eufaula Tribune State school board member Betty Peters on Thursday praised Wallace Community College students from the Sparks Campus for their individual achievements. Yet she told the students the key to success in the real world will be their ability to work as a team with others. Peters was the ...