Education 
Homeschooling: On NY Times’s Stereotyping(61)
For once, MM is slightly behind on an interesting and relevant news story - you can blame me for that, though!
The notorious Neil MacFarquhar recently wrote an article in the NYT about Muslims turning to homeschooling - with the now-typical negative slant, making it seem as though the only reasons for which Muslim […]
Enlightened… and Childless?
“Study after study shows that better educated women have fewer children. They tend to marry later and bear children later. A World Bank report found that in places where women do not recieve a secondary education, the average number of children was seven. When women have secondary school education, the figure drops to three. Because […]
From Home School to “Real” School…
Nine kids, one to join in September. One “from” Turkey (new friend, Mariam, “she always sticks with me!”), 2 Pakistanis, 2 African-Americans, 1 Egyptian and 3 others that I forget (but Reem remembered). All the kids were actually born and raised in America (so very much “Americans”), but the perception of the kids’ “origins” is […]
What do Teachers Make?
This is an inspiring video, and after watching it I couldn’t resist posting it here. It’s entertaining, but there is a good message about teachers and the impact they can have on their students.
Watch the video.
Here is a transcript of the poem: