The Orcutt teenager’s latest achievement is Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction honor. High school students earn the award by scoring an average of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Sarah scored perfect 5s on biology, world history and English composition. She scored 4 points on English literature, U.S. history and European history. Read more…

“Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,” the president said earlier this year. “Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom.” Read more…

EL PASO — Shanaya Fastje writes books while most girls her own age play with dolls.

At 10, Shanaya has written and illustrated not one, but two children’s storybooks, “Mystery School,” and “Mystery School: Monday Sleepover Disaster,” both inspired by her own experiences as a home-schooled Northeast student.

To top things off, she is working on a third book, already doing high-school- level academic work and making her own bookmarks and jewelry to help support an international charity that benefits poor schoolchildren in Third World countries. And she is learning to play guitar and how to paint like an artist. Read more…

The students were asked ten basic questions ranging from “What is the supreme law of the land?” to “What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?” These questions, about history and government, were selected from the national citizenship test, which is administered to immigrants through the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The results of the survey are shocking:

* A staggering 77 percent didn’t know the name of the first President of the United States.
* An astounding 86 percent couldn’t name the author of the Declaration of Independence.
* A whopping 90 percent didn’t know how many justices there are on the U.S. Supreme Court.
* A paltry 2.8 percent of those polled actually “passed” this mock citizenship test. Read more…

The students were asked ten basic questions ranging from “What is the supreme law of the land?” to “What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?” These questions, about history and government, were selected from the national citizenship test, which is administered to immigrants through the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The results of the survey are shocking:

* A staggering 77 percent didn’t know the name of the first President of the United States.
* An astounding 86 percent couldn’t name the author of the Declaration of Independence.
* A whopping 90 percent didn’t know how many justices there are on the U.S. Supreme Court.
* A paltry 2.8 percent of those polled actually “passed” this mock citizenship test. Read more…

The students were asked ten basic questions ranging from “What is the supreme law of the land?” to “What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?” These questions, about history and government, were selected from the national citizenship test, which is administered to immigrants through the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The results of the survey are shocking:

* A staggering 77 percent didn’t know the name of the first President of the United States.
* An astounding 86 percent couldn’t name the author of the Declaration of Independence.
* A whopping 90 percent didn’t know how many justices there are on the U.S. Supreme Court.
* A paltry 2.8 percent of those polled actually “passed” this mock citizenship test. Read more…

The students were asked ten basic questions ranging from “What is the supreme law of the land?” to “What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?” These questions, about history and government, were selected from the national citizenship test, which is administered to immigrants through the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The results of the survey are shocking:

* A staggering 77 percent didn’t know the name of the first President of the United States.
* An astounding 86 percent couldn’t name the author of the Declaration of Independence.
* A whopping 90 percent didn’t know how many justices there are on the U.S. Supreme Court.
* A paltry 2.8 percent of those polled actually “passed” this mock citizenship test. Read more…

When I or my kids get really interested in a subject, we easily find ourselves taking rabbit trails and seeing where they lead. This is how this carnival developed. I was looking for a few pictures and links about the autumnal equinox, taking place today – September 22nd – at 5:18pm EST. I was thinking something along the lines of this:

And a cool informational link.

But Google can be a dangerous thing, and before I knew it (about 6 hours later - including having to break to teach and eat and stuff), I had three pages of links, and my kids had heard pretty much everything they’d ever want to hear about the autumnal equinox and autumn in general. To redeem my “virtual wanderlust,” here is an entire school day’s worth - from science to recess - of anything and everything you would ever possibly want to know about autumn, the autumnal equinox, and homeschooling. Read more…

When I or my kids get really interested in a subject, we easily find ourselves taking rabbit trails and seeing where they lead. This is how this carnival developed. I was looking for a few pictures and links about the autumnal equinox, taking place today – September 22nd – at 5:18pm EST. I was thinking something along the lines of this:

And a cool informational link.

But Google can be a dangerous thing, and before I knew it (about 6 hours later - including having to break to teach and eat and stuff), I had three pages of links, and my kids had heard pretty much everything they’d ever want to hear about the autumnal equinox and autumn in general. To redeem my “virtual wanderlust,” here is an entire school day’s worth - from science to recess - of anything and everything you would ever possibly want to know about autumn, the autumnal equinox, and homeschooling. Read more…

When I or my kids get really interested in a subject, we easily find ourselves taking rabbit trails and seeing where they lead. This is how this carnival developed. I was looking for a few pictures and links about the autumnal equinox, taking place today – September 22nd – at 5:18pm EST. I was thinking something along the lines of this:

And a cool informational link.

But Google can be a dangerous thing, and before I knew it (about 6 hours later - including having to break to teach and eat and stuff), I had three pages of links, and my kids had heard pretty much everything they’d ever want to hear about the autumnal equinox and autumn in general. To redeem my “virtual wanderlust,” here is an entire school day’s worth - from science to recess - of anything and everything you would ever possibly want to know about autumn, the autumnal equinox, and homeschooling. Read more…