The initiative to set consistent academic standards across all states for what students should learn in public school sounds reasonable.  The Common Core State Standards are intended to do just that, but now that the standards are being implemented, some problems are arising.  At least 5 states have voted to repeal the Common Core Standards. […]

One of parents’ greatest challenges is the influence of the mass media of entertainment on their children.  The media, for good and for ill, is a primary teacher of all things not covered in the classroom:  social behavior, expectations, what’s in and what’s out,  vocabulary (*#!*#@) . . . .  There is hope though -- […]