One Smart Mama

• Tax Free in 10 states
  Don't forget to shop sales tax free for back-to-school in 10 different states this weekend. Also shop CC sales-tax free this weekend.
• At School, Lower Expectations of Dominican Kids
  Lower expectations = lower results. The same holds true across demographic lines.
• It's the Parenting
  "...the only drawback of [award-winning economist] Heckman’s approach is that it requires us to address the uncomfortable truth about poverty and educational under-performance, which is 'the real resource scarcity is parenting.'"
  
• VA Tech Students Design a Car for Blind Drivers
  Using innovation to make a difference. Life without limits. Something to strive for.
• Accepting Correction from the Father
  How do you respond to the Lord's chastening? From R.C. Sproul.
• History Through the Eyes of Hollywood
  In our image-driven culture, fictional history bears more weight than truth.
• Free Online Physics Studies
  Describes free resources from the American Physical Society for all ages to encourage students' interest in and knowledge of physics.