Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

Abolishing the Department of Education Won’t Work BYTYLER O’NEILFEBRUARY 21, 2017 CHATCOMMENTS Image via Shutterstock, the Department of Education. Shortly afterEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos was confirmed, Kentucky RepresentativeThomas Massie introduced a billto abolish the Department of Education. While this may … Continue reading →

ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Comment:  We have not previously heard of anything like this situation.  It is amazing to learn about it, to say the least.  You will probably be surprised, if not disturbed,  by what you read: Dylan O’Neal at … Continue reading →

  8 Lessons to Learn From the Failure of Common Core   BY TYLER O’NEIL MAY 3, 2017 CHAT COMMENTS [Shutterstock] ALPHA-PHONICS Blog Editor Note:  While this article was written in 2017 it may be even more iportant now than in May, 2017.  … Continue reading →

Another Way to A-B-C By Frank Armbruster Printed in Practical Homeschooling #68, 2005. I am old and almost deaf. Well not exactly deaf; I’ve lost sensitivity in the high frequency range. Having this particular problem has made me especially sensitive to speech sounds … Continue reading →

  TORCHES AND POETRY FOR SAINT PETER’S IN PORTOVENERE, ITALY   The church of Saint Peter in Portovenere, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, juts out from a rock spur onto the Gulf of Poets, an area that … Continue reading →

Despite many colleges dropping SAT, New Mexico now paying for it By Dillon Mullan | dmullan [at] sfnewmexican [dot] com   Nov 3, 20  The Santa Fe New Mexican Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs the first executive order of her term … Continue reading →

January 24, 2015 Whatever Happened to Phonics? By Bruce Deitrick Price One of the most important books in America’s intellectual history, Why Johnny Can’t Read, by Rudolf Flesch, was published 60 years ago in 1955. This book sold 8 million copies, was the … Continue reading →

Bully-Proofing Won’t Work Until We Give Kids More Freedom Bullying occurs because kids have no power to change their school environments. Wednesday, August 2, 2017   Kerry McDonald Imagine if, at your workplace, you were constantly harassed, humiliated, and even … Continue reading →

Coding in Kindergarten? NJ Says It’s Never Too Early for Computer Science   JOHN MOONEY | NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | EDUCATION New Jersey Spotlght Governor announces five-point plan that will put computers and STEM technology in every grade, starting with the youngest … Continue reading →

  JOHN MOONEY| NOVEMBER 6, 2019 |EDUCATION Governor announces five-point plan that will put computers and STEM technology in every grade, starting with the youngest ALPHA-PHONICS BLOG EDITOR COMMENT:  Is Kindergarten too early for the introduction of  Computer Science?  Are we … Continue reading →