Personalized instruction–for whom? other people’s children? and, what, may we ask, is it–beyond a HUGE sell to schools spending public dollars?

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Inside Silicon Valley’s Big-Money Push to Remake American Education

HMMM… whose children are these computers for? Theirs or other people’s. You decide….

http://www.businessinsider.com/waldorf-silicon-valley-school-shuns-technology-2017-3

And see an earlier story, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html.

When Silicon Valley execs embrace technology in schools for their own children, then let’s talk.

New EARLY CHILDHOOD cleats for Solomon Thomas of the 49ers!

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Check out the little program in East Palo Alto (10 Books a Home) where I volunteer as a “role model.” I visit a 4 year old boy (we started when he was 3) in his HOME–role modeling for the PARENTS–the help prevent (not close) that “30-million-word-gap.”

Here’s a great link to the cleats that will be worn by the 49ers’ Solomon Thomas!!

http://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/29151/for-49ers-solomon-thomas-10-books-a-home-hits-close-to-home-in-more-ways-than-one.

Of course I agree that this IS THE HUGE challenge…. developed in early early early childhood. As I see it, we need to enroll parents when children are babies–IN THE HOME. Parents are a student’s first teachers. Let’s help them be as good as they can be.

Thank you 10booksahome.org! Together, we’re on the right path.