## ODonnellWeb – Tag Education

Educated

Posted on 08/23/2022 in misc • Tagged with Books, Homeschooling, Education

Her PhD is not a testament to homeschooling


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A Look Back at The Underground History of Education

Posted on 12/28/2020 in misc • Tagged with Education, Books, Homeschooling

Does it hold up 15 years after I first read it?


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Herd Immunity From Criticism

Posted on 04/08/2017 in misc • Tagged with Baseball, Education, Finance

Cherry Blossoms

Last week I finished reading Ahead of the Curve, Inside the Baseball Revolution, which is a book about the dramatic changes in evaluating baseball talent in the last decade or so. Don't worry, this isn't a nerdy baseball article, although I suspect many of you would be perfectly OK with …


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The Agile Education Manifesto

Posted on 01/25/2015 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Education could learn a lot from the software development world


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Welcome to Denver, please set your clocks back to 1950

Posted on 09/28/2014 in misc • Tagged with History, Education

Students in Denver are protesting over a conservative assault on the history curriculum


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Brain dump on college scholarships

Posted on 05/29/2014 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

What I learned about scholarships as my daughter earned a full-ride to college


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Follow Your Passion is damn good advice

Posted on 12/02/2013 in misc • Tagged with Employment, Education

Follow Your Passion is damn good advice


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Own Your Education

Posted on 06/07/2013 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Never let school interfere with your education


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Are binding early admissions ethical?

Posted on 12/26/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education

Binding early admissions favor those that aren't worried about they will pay for college


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Sometimes the best move is not to play

Posted on 10/31/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education

We waste a lot of time and money trying to measure education


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Homeschoolers and college

Posted on 04/18/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Brain dump on what we learned about homeschoolers and the college admissions process


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The purpose of high school is to give tests

Posted on 04/04/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education

Tests mostly test how good you are at taking tests


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My school lunches were never like this

Posted on 01/22/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education, Fredericksburg

Catered lunches are a thing in schools


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"Normal" for kids is a really, really wide range

Posted on 01/17/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education

We are all weird in some way


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This homeschooling thing works

Posted on 10/30/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, Family

My kids have had a good month


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Homeschoolers are punks

Posted on 10/10/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Homeschoolers are education what punk rockers were to mainstream music


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War. What is it good for?

Posted on 08/03/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, History

Does the way we teach history in the US glorify war?


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Haters gonna hate: 4-H Edition

Posted on 06/23/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education

Understanding where food comes from is a good thing


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Homeschoolers are weird

Posted on 06/03/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Me presenting on homeschooling at DC Ignite #7


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Homeschooling will save the day

Posted on 04/17/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, Homeschooling

Careers columnist Penelope Trunk talks about homeschooling


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