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  • How My Unschooled Child Learned to Read Financial Statements (It Started with Silly YouTube Videos)

    How My Unschooled Child Learned to Read Financial Statements (It Started with Silly YouTube Videos)2

    It started with a “Dude Perfect” video on YouTube. A couple of years ago, when Jack was very interested in basketball, he found these guys who create fun videos about making baskets with all sorts of twists and turns. He continued to watch these videos, even after his interest in basketball waned; and when his interest in

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  • How Music Training Speeds Up Brain Development In Children

    How Music Training Speeds Up Brain Development In Children69

    Observing a pianist at a recital – converting musical notations into precisely timed finger movements on a piano – can be a powerful emotional experience. As a researcher of neuroscience and a pianist myself, I understand that the mastering of this skill not only takes practice, but also requires complex coordination of many different brain

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  • How Music and Shakespeare Turned Around a Failing School

    How Music and Shakespeare Turned Around a Failing School0

    We all want the best for our kids. Because of this desire, it’s quite discouraging to see when efforts to boost progress in reading, math, and other subjects flatline in schools across the country, as the chart below shows. On the other hand, this perpetual stagnation causes us to sit up and notice when a

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  • How Much Should We Hate Our Enemies?

    How Much Should We Hate Our Enemies?0

    The same-sex marriage debate is about to heat up in Australia, and for both sides the temptation to embrace fear and hate will be fierce. Most of us have enemies, even if we don’t recognise it. Most of us hate someone, or some group of people, even if we won’t admit it to ourselves. Hate

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  • How Much Money Has Harvey Weinstein Given to Democrats?

    How Much Money Has Harvey Weinstein Given to Democrats?0

    Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was fired by the Weinstein Company over the weekend amid a scandal that may go down as one of the worst in history. The New York Times reported that the Hollywood mogul from Queens, N.Y., had been accused of sexual harassment by no fewer than eight women. The women tended to

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  • How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling

    How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling0

    As many recognize, homeschooling has been booming in recent years and promises to keep growing. The most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) hail from 2012 and suggest that 1.8 million children are now educated at home. Compared to public school students, studies suggest that homeschoolers perform up to 30 percentile

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