Breathing Space

I have been trying to get 10 yo into school. It is a different school than the one we tried a few years back. Today he took a placement test...

This week I came across the article regarding lack of standards and testing in Judaic learning . I read it with interest and then shuddered:...

A few weeks ago the boys took ITBS test, also known as Iowa. It is a standardized normed test, just the kind that the state requires to be a...

We are in the middle of Shemot with 10 yo, moving right along, I think I will end up with the best textual preparation because of this; I ha...

It's 11:16 at night and I should really be heading off to bed. These past couple weeks have been hard. I was telling myself: first Purim...

If you are expecting me to support it, you will be disappointed. If you are expecting me to bash it, you will be disappointed, too. We hav...

We applied to our local dayschool for 8 yo. We filled out all the paperwork. I told them that I do not have report cards, but I do have his ...

While I am not a fan of using a test as a tool to assess anyone's abilities, now that 7 yo has been "tested", I would like to ...

There is this beautiful example of getting ready for Shabbos early going around: have your table set and all the preparations finished by ch...

Last night we went to the local dayschool's annual dinner. Really it was a dessert reception, long on alcohol, short on food (these thin...

Something really funny came in the mail today (ok, yesterday). It was a letter from 8yo's former school informing us that  based on his ...