StudyBuddy home-schooled two daughters in third and fourth grades, before the era of online anything. Calvert School in Baltimore, which has been around since 1896, provided lesson plans. (They now do that online, like everybody else; and offer Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade) It was challenging, it was fun, and we loved it. Read more

The product of co-ed schooling and an all-girls college, StudyBuddy's director has been surprised by the serious attention being given once again to single-gender schooling. In 1996 and 97 a pilot California program set up six such schools;but they were inadequately funded, and they were controversial. Read more

The two most recent issues of SchwabLearning's newsletter carry some useful words from Dr. Jodie Dawson, a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping young people with Learning Disabilities. Her remarks seem equally applicable to nondisabled youth. Read more

Don't miss out on summer, even if you live in San Francisco where you can't count on the weather. Consider, for kids:

Saturdays at the Randall Museum.

The backpacking trip to the Sierras, run by the California Academy of Sciences.

All the things happening at the Exploratorium. Read more