There's a backlash in traditionally high-quality suburban school districts from parents who are starting to question, 'Is our math program read more

There's a backlash in traditionally high-quality suburban school districts from parents who are starting to question, 'Is our math program really the best?' ... Children still fall through the cracks even in traditionally good school districts, and charter schools are all about helping kids get a better education.

You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll read more

You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll get killed.

It really hasn't settled in yet that it's almost over. It seems like yesterday that we just got here.

It really hasn't settled in yet that it's almost over. It seems like yesterday that we just got here.

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we read more

I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we had to sign up. I'm going to keep coming back.

They are a very scary team.

They are a very scary team.

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become read more

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love read more

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.

What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.