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                  Image via WikipediaAnn Zeise has a post up with the numbers of homeschoolers state by state in the US.

Up to 80% of schools may fail NCLB testing guidelines soon

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web

A post about the amygdala and the increased volume found in primates that live and work in social groups. Are we diminshing this brain function by dumbing down our social behavior by mass forced schooling instead of providing more complex, socially-adept opportunities for social exchange through voluntary learning centers?

The size and complexity of each person’s social network was then compared to the size of their amygdala. Sure enough, the bigger the amygdala, the larger and more complex a person’s social network tended to be.