Electoral Disappointment

I've just got off the phone to Manchester Council. It turns out that members of the public can't be present to witness either the count of votes or the declaration of results. I'm disappointed and rather flabbergasted. Doesn't that seem odd? I would have liked to take my son in to see democracy in action. Turns out democracy doesn't let me.

Quick Interesting Sums

Here's some interesting sums that result in symmetric answers. Useful for daily maths practise as soon as the boys get good enough to complete them.

Inspirational Maths TED Talk

I highly recommend anyone interesting in teaching mathematics to watch this fantastic TED talk by Dan Meyer.

UK Election Party Quiz

I've just done a very interesting online quiz to figure out which party most closely matches your views in the forthcoming UK general election. In reality I'm a single issue voter about freedom in home education...i.e. I'm voting not-Labour.

EconTalk about Education

Just listened to a great EconTalk podcast about the ways that testing and choice have undermined the US education system. Very interesting stuff. It seems to me concerning how the UK's 'Every Child Matters' mirrors the US 'No Child Left Behind' without really questioning the evidence.

MS Word Non-Breaking Hyphen

He's a quick MS Word short cut to remember: If you want to insert a non-breaking hyphen you type CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN.

Kid Friendly Drop Scones

Here's a link to a really simple drop scone receipe to make with the kids:

http://www.realcakes.co.uk/AgaDS.htm