Gayle Andrews one of the coauthors of "Turning Points 2000" and "Making the most of Middle School" joins us and tells us what to look for in a Middle School, shares her thoughts about tracking, homework, evaluating education and makes us aware of a new curriculum guidance for Math from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics that shows us what a child should learn, called "Focal Points for Prekindergarten Through Grade 8 Mathematics".

Ellie Goldberg our Healthy Schools consultant returns for another chat about what we can do to make our schools a healthy school. Ellie specializes in educational planning for children with chronic health issues.

We meet a new Sr Dad to be Bob, Brockob and Stan starts a bicycle tale that might be headed towards some rough road.