Sunday, April 12, 2015

Why it makes no sense to teach history. "The Appomattox Myth"

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I frequently write and speak about why “subjects” need to be eliminated from the school curriculum. While there are those that hate it when...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Zakaria and Ivy Graduates Keep Defending the Liberal Arts, but clearly the liberal arts didn't teach them to think

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  The problem with working on changing education is that everyone has an opinion. You went to school didn’t you? So, you are an expert. And...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

In education, the goal should not be test scores but happiness

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I did an interview in Spain about 5 years ago which has been tweeted all over  the  Spanish speaking world  the  last two weeks. So I ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

AI is not coming any time soon. Let's look at why. A look at babies

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This is from last weeks Wall Street Journal:  Robots are becoming more of a reality in everyday life, and movies have started to over...
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Parents: Relax. Your kid will get into college; the question is whether or not to go.

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The other day I had dinner with a married couple who were worried about their son. I have these conversations quite frequently although not...
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Students: Be very afraid of online degree programs, especially if Pearson had anything to do with them

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The other day I read this article in Politico: No profit left behind In the high-stakes world of American education, Pearson make...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Students: Life isn’t actually a multiple choice test. Have some fun.

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I want to consider four separate things I happened upon this week that all lead one glaring conclusion. The first was this article in t...
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