First Person- John C Dvorak is a leading Tech reporter, editor, writer, media star ,blogger (Dvorak.org/blog) and has been a curmudgeon for years. John shares his views with us about parenting.  John is a vocal supporter of home schooling.. 

Briefing Room- Eric Mar is a father, husband, full time educator, activist and incidentally a member of the school board of San Francisco Unified School District. This week part 3 of a three part series, learning "what makes Eric tick".  Eric tells of some tough choices that lay ahead.

Healthy Mind- The Queen of Bipolar Rosalie Greenberg, the zany outspoken author of the new book "Bipolar Kids" says what she thinks about giving kids medications that have not been tested on kids. Rosalie is the best example of her saying "Listen to the words, not the music".

Stan tells of the story creation process.

In our Briefing Room

Jake Vigdor of Duke University tells us the differences between the sixth grade in a K-5 school and a K-6 school. Is there a difference?

Jo Debolt tells us how a school district improved it's scores without spending a ton of money.

Stan posts a audible children's story download