Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Thought this was a beautiful painting of a school of fish.  One pupil at the bottom must have missed a few days of school, because he's ...

Excellent poem by Dorothy Nolte: What children experience at home is what they learn to become.  Sure people can change their thinking and a...

School is supposed to help teach our children.  Unfortunately, the education system here starts out dumb from the get-go! As the WSJ today ...

So, unfortunately, our education system in this country is highly troubled Generally, we teach by strict curriculum forcing children t...

I thought this was a very telling sign right off the highway in Washington, D.C.  "Does your child have life skills?" And th...

I actually stopped to read and photograph this graffiti or should I all it a cry for help. First of all the "artist" was co...

Fascinating article in the Sunday New York Times today on how the stress we are putting on our kids is making them sick.  With testing ...

My elderly father retold a funny joke to us yesterday when we visited him at his assisted living home. It goes like this... A teac...

This video is from the Rally For Israel for their Self-Defense in Washington, D.C. today at lunchtime.  Israel is still trying for a ceas...

I remember as a kid, when I was around 10 years old, we moved, and I had to change schools, and there was an adjustment period.  My fath...

G-d, I remember as a kid in school having to memorize everything for every class--that was the humdrum life for a schoolchild. Vocabular...

Just watched this video with my daughter about Amanda Todd, the 15 year old girl from Canada who hung herself on Wednesday.  She made so...

There is a new documentary called " Race to Nowhere. " It is about our 24/7 culture with it's relentless pressure to succeed ...

In an accomplishment sense, I am very proud of what Pope County, Arkansas is doing in terms of advancing education with tech...