Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

  Harvard is wealthier than more than HALF of the world’s countries  by CAMPUS REFORM Seth SegalNew York Campus Correspondent@conservative013on Aug 28, 2019 at 7:02 AM EDT You could probably guess that university endowments are huge. But do you know … Continue reading →

POLITICS & IDEAS Global Warming or Bad Data?  What Do You Think? Garbage in… SEPTEMBER 3, 2019    Fro:  COMMENTARY BY JOHN STEELE GORDON ALPHA-PHONICS BLOG EDITOR NOTE:  There has been a plethora of information about global warming, or climate change, recently.  … Continue reading →

Peabody Journal of Education: Issues of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vol. 88, No. 3 ATTENTION HOMESCHOOLING FAMILIES: ALPHA-PHONICS BLOG EDITOR NOTE:  No Homeschooling Family need apologize to anyone for Homeschooling their Children after reading this series of 11 articles  found … Continue reading →

EDUCATION Why College Became So Expensive And what that has meant for America’s middle-class families JOE PINSKER   The Atlantic 9:40 AM ET BRIAN SNYDER / REUTERS The story of the rising cost of college in America is often told through … Continue reading →

  August 29, 2019Brain, Family & Relationships, Happiness, Health & Medical, Men, Relationship Studies, Women Hearts & Minds: Study Finds Marriage May Help Ward Off Dementia by John Anderer SHARES410ShareTweet New research shows that divorcees are most likely to develop dementia, compared to those who are … Continue reading →

How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling Annie Holmquist | July 20, 2017     As many recognize, homeschooling has been booming in recent years and promises to keep growing. The most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) hail … Continue reading →

The Common Core Effect: Recess and cursive: Now things of the past? AUG 26 2019 | 01:48 PM  THE SPARTA INDEPENDENT By Hanna Katherine Wickes Common Core are two of the most controversial words in America’s education system. Introduced in … Continue reading →

  Friday, Aug 30th 2019 1PM 84°F 4PM 86°F 5-Day Forecast EEE fears sweep US: Officials in 3 states warn residents to stay inside at dawn and dusk and to NOT touch dying birds At least five people have contracted Eastern equine encephalitis in three … Continue reading →

  PARTY POOPERS  Anti-vaxxer parents hold ‘measles parties’ to give their kids the deadly virus so they become immune and don’t need MMR jab City health officials blasted the parties in Brooklyn, New York Lottie Tiplady-Bishop   10 Apr 2019, 11:23 ANTI-VAXXER … Continue reading →

the global internet is powered by vast undersea cables. But they’re vulnerable. (Not all electronics communications are carried by satellites!) By James Griffiths, CNN Updated 7:30 AM ET, Fri July 26, 2019Hong Kong (CNN)On July 29, 1858, two steam-powered battleships met in the … Continue reading →