The Carnival of Education

The Carnival of Education is now up on Steve Spangler's Science Blog. This is the Teacher Appreciation issue, and there are several articles that may be of interest to homeschoolers as well! Check it out!

Barack Obama and the D.C. Voucher Program Part 2

According to The Washington Post, President Obama has made a "compromise" of sorts. he will let the 1,716 students already enrolled in the program continue in it until they graduate high school. However, no new enrolees will be accepted, as the plan is still to discontinue the program.

So, although I'm thrilled for the current students enrolled in the Opportunity Scholarship, I'm sad for the eight thousand students that have applied for the scholarship and won't be able to take advantage of it. I just fail to understand how President Obama could think that spending under $2,000 per year for each student enrolled in the Opportunity Scholarship is worse than spending around $26,000 a year per student in the D.C. public schools.

But, of course, I also fail to see how getting us trillions of dollars in debt and taking on around a trillion in new "forever" spending is going to balance our budget and help us get out of this economic crisis.

World's Oldest (living) Dog to turn 21 Soon!

The World's Oldest Dog, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, is about to have her 21st birthday. Her name is Chanel and she's a blond wire-haired dashund who lives in Port Jefferson Station, New York with her owners Denice and Karl Shaughnessy. Denice adopted Chanel in 1988.

Have a Happy Birthday, Chanel!

Read the rest of the story here.