I’m in between writing projects and just goofing off today. In a minute, I’m going to make a pot of chili and finish off a painting project. But first, let me post some links and photos of family adventures.

How exactly does a person ring up about $400,000 worth of college loans? Here’s how.

The Common Core and its tests are politically toxic. Oh, who started writing about this back in April? Moi.

Three higher ed articles are getting a lot of play on my Facebook page. A university president tells students that college is not daycare. Interesting back and forth about college costs.

Seven kids of an anti-vaxxer get whooping cough. Oops.