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• Google -- Just Another Crappy Company for Workers With Kids

  I'm so naive. I always think if large companies could just provide quality, subsidized, on-site childcare, workers would have no reason to "opt out" or ever even really complain about work.  Then I read about the woes of Google -- yes, "voted top company to work for" Google -- and how they have totally botched the whole on-site childcare thing, once again leaving mid- to low-level employees with figuring out how the hell to reconcile work with raising young kids and pissing off many employees in the meantime. The NYTimes has a nice little tell-all piece. In a nutshell, the saga goes something like this:   Read More... Posted Jul 07 2008, 05:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Google, childcare, reggio emilia, NYTimes, play-based learning, cost of childcare, on-site daycare, silicon valley, daycare woes, preschool woes

• Blue Man Preschool: Ecstacy For Kids, Or More Like Taking Ecstacy?

  Founders of the Blue Man group are starting a preschool. Remember Blue Man? Lots of bald blue people, lots of drums, very paint-y. They did some Intel commercials. Anyhow, the school, called the Blue Man Creativity Center until state accreditation goes through, plans to incorporate Reggio Emilia curriculum (lots of creativity, child-directed learning; my kid's school was that) to empower the kiddies. And judging from the description of some of the features, it's gonna be a trip. One of the Blues says, "If your goal is to get your kid into an Ivy League school, this is definitely the wrong place to be... But we hope the kids will be so well educated that they get into any place they want." I tell you what: Harvard or not, at least they'll feel right at home at Burning Man.  So exactly how trippy is this?   Read More... Posted Sep 20 2007, 01:28 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Education: teachers, ecstacy, blue man preschool, burning man, reggio emilia, trip