In second grade, Orion’s teacher challenged him to write his jokes down instead of telling them during class. He took the challenge quite seriously. The alternative was sitting in the dreaded “take a break chair.” We wrote down his jokes on the way home from school, while we waited for…

by Imani Razat I’m super happy that it’s summer. As a homeschooler, it takes a little while for it to sink in that the school year is finally over, that we’re on vacay! Homeschool takes place at home, and summer break takes place at home, I’m still in the mode…

Teaching my creative 4th grader homeschool geometry so that it sticks. As a homeschooling mom, I’ve learned that introducing new concepts to children is a delicate thing. …

Fun Math Faves from a Homeschooling Mom I remember walking into my son’s 2nd grade classroom for a Parent-Teacher Conference. He’d been required to draw a picture of his “hope and dream” for the year. When I saw his drawing hanging on the wall, my heart sank. A picture is…

Why microbes, hackers and geneticists are popping up at art galleries. As I mingle in a contemporary Harlem gallery while a fairly accomplished artist urges humanity to shun technology and return to art I couldn’t help but to furrow my creative brows. The artist’s words preceded a presentation of work which ironically enough was delivered via projection and influenced by microbiology…

Since the 1970s, New York-born, Harlem-bred artist Jose Rodriguez, has drawn upon his Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage to create decades of work based on ritual objects and ceremonial traditions. He has toured the world showing everywhere from the Musee du Louvre in Paris to the Studio Museum of Harlem…