<a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/06/they-learnt-to-sign-part-3-the-finale/"><b>They Learnt to Sign… (Part 3; The Finale)</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/05/they-learnt-to-sign-part-2-the-return/"><b>They Learnt to Sign… (Part 2; The Return)</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/04/they-learnt-to-sign/"><b>They Learnt to Sign… (Part 1; The Beginning)</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2008/04/04/homeschooling-on-ny-timess-stereotyping/"><b>Homeschooling: On NY Times’s Stereotyping</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/15/enlightened-and-childless/"><b>Enlightened… and Childless?</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2007/10/27/craig-venter-playing-god/"><b>Craig Venter: Playing God?</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2007/09/05/from-home-school-to-real-school/"><b>From Home School to “Real” School…</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2007/06/11/what-do-teachers-make/"><b>What do Teachers Make?</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2007/05/24/what-do-we-do/"><b>What Do We Do?</b></a> <a href="http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/22/dealing-with-the-disinterested/"><b>Dealing with the Disinterested</b></a>
 

Homeschooling: On NY Times’s Stereotyping

Homeschooling: On NY Times’s Stereotyping 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

Enlightened… and Childless?

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

Craig Venter: Playing God?

27 October, 2007 Education 30 comments
Craig Venter: Playing God? “For the first time, God has competition“, Pat Mooney, the ETC group. This is one of the quotes that the rector of Imperial College London, Sir Richard Sykes, chose to

From Home School to “Real” School…

5 September, 2007 Education 20 comments
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

What do Teachers Make?

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

What Do We Do?

What Do We Do? The conversation over at the Blog Roundup post, on the subject of physical abuse, has reminded me about something that’d been on my mind for quite a while: if there’s

Dealing with the Disinterested

Dealing with the Disinterested I think I’ve just stumbled across the most difficult obstacle that teachers face… dealing with disinterested students. Okay, I’m not exactly a teacher… I’m more of a teacher’s assistant. But