New Hampshire: Michael J Fox

Parents are probably hearing how schools are committed to a "student-centered" approach to teaching.  But what does that mean?  In Constructivism it means that your child will be participating in "discovery learning." 
 
In this setting the students work in groups or with other students, and the teacher takes on the role of "facilitator" rather than "instructor."  The goal is to get the students to come up with their own solution to the math problems (although this approach is used in other subjects too); and if the students have problems, they would turn to another student before asking the teacher.
 
This is exactly what is going on in many of the New Hampshire classrooms.

If you do, you might be interested in this. From the inbox:

PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE HUNTING ADVENTURES
CONCORD – Hunt of a Lifetime, in conjunction with the New Hampshire Chapter of Safari Club International and the New Hampshire Guides Association, is looking for two young people to take part in the New Hampshire Hunting Adventures program.
The program, established by law in 2007, allows the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to issue two hunting permits to New Hampshire residents 21 or under, with critical, life-threatening or terminal illnesses. The participants may hunt any game species, such as deer, bear, or moose during the regular hunting season.

First, I hope to have the last entry in my Psychedelic Furs tribute done soon. I'm still piecing together memories and data from the live shows. After that, I'll put together the "ultimate" set list for readers to consider before next Monday.

Here are some links that I have been meaning to post for a few weeks now. Enjoy!

The USA Today had this pretty powerful piece the other day about debt: ["Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink"]. This is probably the most shocking thing I have seen in a very long time. Not only are we on the hook for the federal government's largess, but look at the personal debt.

My hope last night was that marriage equality could still be saved if the Governor and others stick to the intent of their statements and not get too literalist.

This is a very good sign in that direction, imo. Dorgan:

"Gov. Lynch articulated strong principles that he would need in any version of the bill in order for him to sign it," said spokesman Colin Manning. "While he will continue to talk with lawmakers, those principles must be maintained in any final version of the bill. . . . As he said last week, if the Legislature passes legislation that maintains his principles, he will sign it.