Anthony Barr, Author at Demme Learning

January 21, 2021

How The Jabberwocky Can Teach Your Student Grammar

In Lewis Carroll’s childhood classic Alice in Wonderland, Alice hears a curious little poem about a creature called a Jabberwock that begins with the

January 7, 2021

Every story takes place in time and thus has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an ending. Imagine trying to tell a friend about a family

December 30, 2020

Dear homeschool parents, You did it! You made through 2020, the year that has been filled with unexpected challenges and has required extra

December 10, 2020

As educators, parents, counselors, or other dedicated childcare providers, we all want kids to grow up in safety and security. But unfortunately, we

November 19, 2020

Consider two twin brothers, John and George, who work as a human resources clerk for a bank and a taxi driver, respectively. In his book Antifragile,

November 12, 2020

Nabeel Qureshi is a biomedical software engineer at Palantir who studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics at Oxford. In his recent essay How To

October 15, 2020

Grammar is the architecture of language. In everyday speech, we largely draw on our intuitive understanding of language to communicate. But when we

September 17, 2020

In an article for The New Republic, editor Ryu Spaeth ruminates on his impromptu homeschooling due to Covid-19. In particular, he reflects on the

August 20, 2020

This back-to-school season may be unlike past years in terms of limits on what we are able to do, but there are still many ways to have fun. Playing