ZYDECO HELLRAISERS

What happens to Attention Deficit Disorder when it grows up?
Sometimes it is channeled into extraordinary gifts. So
Michael Phelps
Picasso
JFK
James Carville
Robin Williams… …are all reputed ADHD guys.
This is hardly an exhaustive list but it’s enough to give you a flavor. I think if they named every person ever diagnosed with ADHD we would be [...]

WHAT IF HOPE WAS A NATIONAL PROMISE?

So we are down in Georgia attending a community charity event for Intuit. I didn’t bring my laptop so I am writing this post from my phone. No pics today… just this thought: what if the “free and public education” system extended into college? Like here in Georgia.
Clay told me [...]

CHILDREN GROOMED TO SOW OUR FATHER’S PEACE

My father was a  member  of the “greatest generation”.  Salt of the earth.  Bright.  Self-educated.  A patriot.  As an officer of the United States Navy he saw action in both World War II and Korea.  He was on the blockade in the Mediterranean when Krushchev’s missile-bearing fleet tested JFK’s courage.  All those brave Americans from [...]

CHEATING OUR KIDS

This past week the National Center for Education Statistics released a report that may have been a shocker for people outside of the education industry:  when it comes to student achievement, many of our states are cheating!  Or at the very least, they are cheating their kids.
According to an article in Education Week, their results [...]