Off to school ... Peru style
Went to school one morning whilst in Lima with Milka's niece and her mum. Very interesting. Schools generally are surrounded by high (approx 10 ft with wire above that) solid concrete walls. The gate is only open at certain times. When we arrived ... around 7.45am .. the gate was open many pare ...

All Bad Persuasion Is Sincere - the Crook of Sebelius’s Arm
Secretary of HHS Sebelius once again demonstrates her tone deaf persuasion skills.  The Wall Street Journal notes:Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in the middle of a pointed exchange on the Obama administration’s new malpractice pilot projects when a cou ...


A Monumental Morning
When we made the decision to send Isabelle to school this year we decided that we'd keep the other three at home even though that meant holding Alex back a year before he started kindergarten. We just didn't think he was ready.But then Isabelle started school and all Alex could talk about was s ...

I Am So Popular: Dancing Trucks and Grilled Cheese Moments
Editor’s note: The views expressed in I Am So Popular are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network.Years ago when I was researching a story for the Dallas Morning News I interviewed a therapist who worked with abused ki ...

School Boundaries Consultant Folly
August 28 2009 7:20 a.m.Tough Boundary Questions Are for BoardNot Consultants or SuperintendentPlus: What Consultant Could Do(brought to you by FromDC2Iowa.blogspot.com*)The Press-Citizen reported Wednesday (August 26) that it looks like the School Board's hiring of a boundaries consultant is a ...