Speed Reading and Study Skills Classes and Too Much Homework

A few local notes of interest to those here in the San Francisco Bay Area’s East Bay. California State University, East Bay is offering a variety of reading skills, reading comprehension, study skills and speed reading classes this summer in Danville and Walnut Creek. These classes include programs for ages 4 up through adults and college students. For more information, call them at (800) 979-9151.

Some of my regular readers may be aware of my concern about the vast quantity and  poor quality of homework that fills our children’s time, not to mention the tremendous pressure kids are under these days. For a moving and thought provoking look at this topic, please make an effort to see the locally produced documentary Race to Nowhere. The film will be shown in Danville, California, on June 1st, 2010 at Monte Vista High. For information, and other screening times and locations, visit the Race to Nowhere website.