Do you know how to properly use the words I and me? Consider the sentence, “He is taking my friend and me to a fancy restaurant tonight.” Is the use of me correct? Or should I have been used? I offer some guidance over at Just Edits.

I think they might be happy the FCAT is finished.

If you’ve got a school kid in the state of Florida, you likely know about—and maybe even fear—the FCAT. It’s the standardized test that students start taking in third grade, and for third-graders, moving on to the fourth grade hinges on passing this high-pressure exam, which happens to kick off on Monday. The whole public [...]

The universal Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up, and may we suggest you show your teachers some love during May 7-11, 2012. Maybe you can decorate your teacher’s door, have kids deliver single flowers one morning and add them to a parent-provided vase. Determine and drop off favorite snacks and drinks, gather up a collection [...]

  Having trouble teaching your little ones how to add, subtract, or, YIKES, graph natural logarithm function? No worries, because there exists this online place called Khan Academy, and there is a video for just about every math topic that troubles you. Check out the video above for a little snippet into math made easy, [...]

Are you a girl who reads? If not, you should become one because readers make you pretty great catches. And if you have daughters, you might want to mentor them in the reading department, not just because others will want to date them, but because they will be really great, well-round women. That’s what the [...]

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My kid left home. Well, just for a few days, in order to pursue an overnight camp adventure with all the other fifth-graders in his school. Two nights and three days, he’ll be gone, and it’s proving to be quite a profound experience for us at home. For one, it’s lonely — we really miss [...]

We’ve cycled through all types of computer interest here at our house — we’ve gone from none to some to completely over-the-top, and while my kids mostly like their iPod Touch and DSi contraptions at the moment, they do veer into the office for some computer time now and then, and I’ve got to tell [...]

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