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Graduation, Home-School Style

There’s a great story on the New York Times website right now documenting the growing practice of throwing graduation ceremonies for groups of home-schooled students. What is kind of interesting but also not very surprising at the same time is that, in general, the students …


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The 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books?

The British newspaper The Guardian released their list of what they think are the 100 greatest non-fiction books of all time. Though they admit that the list is quite liberal up front, they add, “But this is the Guardian: what else would you expect?” The …


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How Can We Teach Kids U.S. History?

It feels like there are new test or study results each day that show a lack of some sort of proficiency or other in the U.S. school system. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that American students test far worse in American history than any …


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Product of the Week: Brand New eBooks

If you’ve looked at our Web site today you may have noticed a brand new box on our homepage. And in said box, you may have noticed that—yep, that’s right—we are now carrying eBooks. I won’t say much about this new feature yet; for now, …


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