Busy, busy spring break?

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity.  First my daughter finished up a run at a local community theater playing Momma Bear in Goldi B Locks and Three Bears.  Next came the Artios Showcase, in which the kids demonstrated what they have learned this year through creative expression... My daughter did a poem presentation of Jabberwocky and had a few peices of art in the Gallery.  My son did a movie short/countdown and a photography projects.  Next came the chorus performance which was two hours of awesome wonder.   This coming week is supposed to be Spring break, but because my daughter is competing at CITA (Christians in the Theater Arts), doing a scene from Arsenic and Old Lace and a song from Seussical, it will be a busy week of rehearsals. 


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Carnival of Educators, the "How To" Edition

 Welcome to the March 30, 2010 edition of carnival of educators.

For those of us dedicated to teaching, we learn just as much as the students if not more.  Some of these entries are straight "how to" entries...  The others have hidden lessons. 
  
Mathew Needleman presents How to Improve Comprehension Scores posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.

Fredric Cernick presents How To Calculate / Read An SAT Score | How To E-D-U posted at How To E-D-U, saying, "Many students opt to take the SAT more than once, as you can submit your second, higher scores to colleges if the first attempt left you with less than desirable numbers."

Andrea Hermitt Presents Mommas have to Socialize Too posted at Notes from a homeschooling mom... Or How to Have a live and homeschool too. 

Carol Richtsmeier presents Spring Break, New York City & Shoe Stores posted at Bellringers. Or How to Survive New York with teenagers.

Liam Goldrick presents Daily Drivel posted at The Education Optimists. Or How to make sense of the National Standards versus School Choice argument.


Carol Richtsmeier presents Giving Up, Chucking Sponges & Name Calling posted at Bellringers. Or how to keep your humor in a tough situation. 

Andrea presents Race to the top is an upset, posted at Education Headlines Examiner... Or how to pull the rug out.

Andrea presents Homeschoolers against the Health care bill? posted at Atlanta Homeschooling Examiner.... Or how to think for yourself.

 
That concludes this edition. Please be advised that this carnival is moving to bi-weekly until I am able to recruit more regular submitters.  I feel that it will also make the carnival meatier with more substantial posts with each edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of educators using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Is the sky really falling? (Healthcare bill)

As a homeschooler of many years, I am very aware that things happen out in the world that before long will greatly affect our ability to homeschool, but the email I got this morning, really bothered me. 

I am paraphrasing here, but it suggested that because the government is issuing student loans that they would next want to affect college curriculum. 

I can't see them affecting college curriculum any more than they do now.... plus there are far too many layers of bureaucracy in colleges already for them to be able cut through...

Just my opinion anyway. 

This is just a sampling of the things I see daily that says because Obama is president, the sky will fall.

But then again, I don't thing the healthcare bill is unconsititutional.  I don't see the President of the United States as the Antichrist either.
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College for free? Yes, free @ Wallet Pop

Sweden, Germany, and Venezuela provide free college for their students, so why can't America -- which is, after all, "the land of the free"? 

You might think it is not fiscally possible, but this list of 12 free college and university...

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