With weary regularity, my 15-year-old son flips aside his pencil and, slumping in his chair, asks why a person with no intention of becoming a physicist or mathematician should be tortured with science and algebra. He doesn’t yet see the value in learning the principles of logic, or the orderliness of the scientific method to [...]

I’ve allowed this to go on far too long without public commentary. Within the scope of this site (geekiness), I feel a need to write an opinion.
Today marked the opening arguments in a lawsuit that promises, for better or worse, to help shape America’s educational system for a long time to come. I [...]