Schools to Grade Weight

Beginning this fall, Massachusetts public schools will start sending home weight report cards for students in the fourth, seventh and tenth grades. These will be modeled after similar initiatives in Arkansas and New York City. The students will be measured, weighed, and their BMIs will be calculated.

Here's how to calculate your child's BMI.

Education Piggies at the Trough

Darren at Right on the Left Coast: Views from a Conservative Teacher had the following posted regarding an email he received about the federal spendulous money:

I received this email at my school account while on break last week. Doesn't it just make you sigh?

The Grant Foundation Center will offer the Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop and Program Planning Certificate: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT – Emergency Economic Stimulus Workshop in San Francisco, CA, May 11 – 12, 2009. Interested development professionals, researchers, program administrators, and business owners should register as soon as possible, as demand means that seats will fill up quickly.

I can hear the pigs jostling for their positions at the trough even as I type this.

Your Car in People Years...

How old is your car in people years? Is it a young whippersnapper or an old geezer? According to the blog Key Words you can find out by taking take the mileage and divide it by the four digit year.

This is a fun thing to find out, and will provide the kids with a little bit of fun math practice!