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When It's Your Kid...
The Boy complained again this week -- it's becoming pretty regular -- that he's bored with math, because it's too...
Why Dean Dad is Wrong About Webinars
Dean Dad asks, "Why do webinars always suck?" Dean Dad, you must be attending the wrong webinars. Have you attended...
Math Geek Mom: Non-satiation
A central tenet of economics is the assumption of non-satiation. This concept says that people will always want more of...
Long Distance Mom: Happiness Studies
Enough work has been done in the field of “happiness” to award it with an academic designation as an enigmatic...
Spring Break in Candy Land
The whole family off from school at the same time leads to new understandings. Did you know, for example, that...
"She Gets It"
In discussing with colleagues how some people do well as administrators and some don't, the same phrase keeps coming up...
A Minimalist LMS?
What would an Learning Management System (LMS) look like that was boiled down to its essential functions and features? Why...
ABC's and PhD's: Online parenting advice
A recent piece in The New York Times discusses a trend in parenting that they call the “Mommy Wars”: competitive...