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McCain to Urban League: Al Sharpton Better Than Obama On School Reform

John McCain is live on CNN right now, in my own swing state of Florida, speaking to the National Urban League. He is saying that public school principals need more discretion in spending, which will … more →

Cocking A Snook!

McCain to Urban League: Al Sharpton Better Than Obama On School Reform — 4 comments

JJ wrote 2 weeks ago: John McCain is live on CNN right now, in my own swing state of Florida, speaking to the National Urb … more →

Tags: Academics, Advocacy, Barack Obama, change, Cynical Stuff, Education, Family Values, Framing, Homeschooling

McCain Approves Ad Linking Britney and Paris To Hitler (and Jesus?) — 12 comments

JJ wrote 3 weeks ago: Have you seen the new McCain ad? Its logic is very clear if subliminal. Major Premise: Obama is Hi … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Cognitive Psychology, Cynical Stuff, Dominionists, Ethics and Philosophy, Family Values, Feminism, God, harvard

Only Brains Innocent of Sex Hormones Can Learn?? — 17 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: “Shortening childhood means a shortening of the time before the brain’s complete re-sculpting oc … more →

Tags: Academics, Advocacy, Blog Tour, Cognitive Psychology, Cynical Stuff, Early Childhood Issues, Environment, Family Values, health

College Kids Sold Out By Their Own Schools. . . — 3 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: to the credit card monster. Over and over and it never stops, even when they become alumni donor pr … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Education, Homeschooling, Colleges and Universities, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Liberties and Rights, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents

Defining Who Is "An Acceptable Person" Is JJ's Local Issue

JJ wrote 1 month ago: You think defining homeschooling or feminism or marriage or patriotism, or when life begins, is toug … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Bullying and control, change, Civil Rights, Cognitive Psychology, constitution, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior

If Kit Kittredge is All-American Girl, What's a Feminist to Do? — 21 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Do you have a real-live daughter doll counting the days until she and her American Girl doll can go … more →

Tags: Books and Movies, Cognitive Psychology, Culture, Early Childhood Issues, Education, Fashion, Favorite Daughter, Feminism, From the Mouths of Babes

When Praying to Gods Makes Hard-nosed Business Sense. . .

JJ wrote 1 month ago: The news blurb reads: Hindu deity who is part monkey and part man was appointed “symbolic chai … more →

Tags: "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Academics, belief in gods, Colleges and Universities, Corporate Culture, Culture, Cynical Stuff, History, Human Networking

Doctor JJ's Religion-Choosing Research Up in the Air — 10 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: It’s Saturday night. Do you know where your religion will be Sunday morning? (Neither do I.) … more →

Tags: Power of Story, Learning, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Culture, Intelligent Design Debate, Creative Class, Thinking and Feeling, identity, What's in a name?

Pregnant Teen Girls Gone Wild — 6 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: The question of what to do next has divided this fiercely Catholic enclave. . .Gloucester [MA] isn … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Cognitive Psychology, Discipline-behavior, Early Childhood Issues, Education, Evolved Homeschoolers, Family Values, Feminism, From the Mouths of Babes

It's Not Just a Religion, It's an Adventure! — 12 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: COD has revealed the next Thinking Parent wiki topic, whoo-hoo! Will you be adding your own link to … more →

Tags: unschooling, Power of Story, Learning, Homeschooling, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Intelligent Design Debate, Thinking and Feeling, identity

So Young And So Gadgeted -- What's the Right Approach? — 5 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: EVERYONE knows that babies crawl before they walk, and that tricycles come before two-wheelers. But … more →

Tags: Experimental, Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, unschooling, Power of Story, Learning, Homeschooling, Research and Science, Movies/TV

Sallie Mae Throwing Good-Faith Student Loan Repayers Under School Bus — 1 comment

JJ wrote 2 months ago: Once upon a time MisEducation was a Good College Kid, bright, hard-working, meaning to make money de … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Colleges and Universities, Thinking Parents, Trends, Corporate Culture, Bullying and control, Punished By Rewards, Accountability

Sounds and Smells That Carry Me Back Home — 4 comments

JJ wrote 3 months ago: (For more, check out the Thinking Homeschoolers wiki.) It’s a cliche, sure, but for me it … more →

Tags: School versus Education, Power of Story, Cognitive Psychology, Culture, Fashion, Creative Class, Environment, Thinking and Feeling, identity

Finally I am Fashionable Again -- More is More! — 2 comments

JJ wrote 3 months ago: Miley Cyrus and her 16-year-old counterpart Zippora are taking it off in public and making cultural … more →

Tags: change, Creative Class, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Fashion, Feminism, health, Humor, identity

What We've Been Up To UnSchooling

JJ wrote 3 months ago: Last week was dance show week, with lost jazz shoes that needed to be replaced at the last minute an … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, unschooling, Power of Story, Standardized Testing, Education, Learning, Homeschooling, Colleges and Universities, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World"

More Important Stuff School Doesn't Teach

JJ wrote 3 months ago: So the same “preemptive” do-it-yourself rules apply to learning philanthropy, then, that … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, School versus Education, Power of Story, Liberties and Rights, Family Values, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology, Pro-life, Pro-choice

Doing a Favor for a Friend — 6 comments

JJ wrote 4 months ago: . . .is what has kept me from posting much lately but also why I’m posting right now. (Nance m … more →

Tags: Arts, Creative Class, Culture, Discipline-behavior, Education, Environment, Family Values, From the Mouths of Babes, Home

To Beef, or Not to Beef? What Was the Question?

JJ wrote 4 months ago: Do political protests over “doing science” — animal research studies in this case … more →

Tags: "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Creative Class, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior, Environment, Ethics and Philosophy, harvard, health

Kitchen Counters, Body Counts, School Accountability — 1 comment

JJ wrote 4 months ago: My radio woke me today with NPR describing body count as performance measure being the worst problem … more →

Tags: "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Accountability, Advocacy, Bullying and control, Cognitive Psychology, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior, Dominionists, health


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