Anyone else flip the calendar page to May and just start laughing? Crazy busy, right? (Or maybe it’s just us?) June is going to be full speed ahead this year, too. (VBS! Game convention! Church camp!)

Anyway, it’s definitely a busy season for us but I’ve saved a lot of links over the past few weeks so let’s get to ’em:

Learning

• Why Our Coercive System of Education Should Topple by Peter Gray at Psychology Today.
• When Success Leads to Failure by Jessica Lahey in The Atlantic. This is an older post, but it’s definitely still relevant.
• Inside a Multiage Classroom by Stuart Miller in The Atlantic. I see several different possibilities with this. Because, on one hand, age division for 12 years of education is basically ridiculous and unlike any other time in history. On the other hand, the next most likely division, abilities instead of age, would probably just end up pushing lower achievers into classes with fellow students who are also less academically advanced. Anyway, I’m glad to see so many discussions about how education in the U.S. is getting it wrong and possible solutions, because the status quo is obviously not acceptable. (P.S. Consider homeschooling – it rocks!)
• First the Fall of Alexandria, And Now Fidget Spinners by Joshua Gibbs at CiRCE. Made me laugh, but also sigh.
• Historical Racism in Children’s Books – What Do We Do? by Janie at Redeemed Reader. And the follow-up: Toward a Positive Multiculturalism in Children’s Books.

Living

• Our Homemaker, Who Art in Heaven by Jen Pollock Michel at CT. Kind of a provocative title, no?
• Who’s the Most Excited About Brio? Probably Moms by Caryn Rivadeneira at CT. Probably true, although this article strikes me as more negative than necessary. (And yes, my daughters have already read the first issue of the new Brio. You can bet that I use whatever tools are available to me in parenting tweens / teens.)
• Nobody Respects a Blogger by Tim Challies. Encouragement to keep on, fellow “small bloggers”.

Loving

• The True Story Behind Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Her Mixed Up Files by Patrick Sauer. Bonus: I love reading about women who wrote books while raising their children.
• Pillaging Anne by Sara Masarik at Plumfield and Paideia.
• Related: Anne of Green Gables: Netflix’s Bleak Adaptation Gets it All So Terribly Wrong by Joanna Robinson at Vanity Fair. Two very disparate sources, two very similar conclusions. Needless to say, I will be skipping this adaptation. Which stinks, because there is a place for a good series, faithful to the books.
  (Even the beloved 1980’s adaptations didn’t get everything right. I never speak of the third film. IT DIDN’T HAPPEN.)
• Revisiting ‘A Severe Mercy’ – 40 Years Later by Russ Ramsey. It’s a powerful book.
• Losing Home – A Memoir by Jed Ostoich at Fathom Magazine. This one resonated with me because we recently went back to the town where I grew up and my husband preached at the church my dad had pastored for 14 years – the same church where we were married. It was…surreal to be back there.

From Living Unabridged

Two years ago: Home By Choice: 37 Silly and Serious Reasons We Homeschool
One year ago: Full Shelves, Happy Life
This week: When You’re Not a ‘Morning Person’

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