Imagine a situation where young kids who aspire to be cartoonists or guitar players are placed in classes where they are regularly graded and ranked on their prowess. If students scored near the bottom consistently, how more likely would it…
Imagine a situation where young kids who aspire to be cartoonists or guitar players are placed in classes where they are regularly graded and ranked on their prowess. If students scored near the bottom consistently, how more likely would it…
Among the reasons for the regional disparities in educational quality in the public system has to do with the source of funding. Currently, public schools are primarily funded by state and local taxes. Federal funding accounts for less than 10%…
I recently listened to the latest Intelligence Squared debate where the two sides essentially argued for and against returning to the gold standard (debate link). While the side arguing against returning to the gold standard did a decent job of…
Most schools have simple, ineffective systems of teacher evaluation that do not provide much useful information for teachers seeking to improve their skills or administrators needing to make crucial judgments about their personnel. A better system of evaluation would include…
I found some info when I was trying to decide on which bank to move my account into & I thought I would share. These are the 13 banks which received the largest bailouts, the time put in by the…
By answering political popularity polls we enable politicians to dissect and categorize us. We become part of the black vote, young vote, social conservative vote, women vote, and so on. Message adjustments and decisions on whether to address or neglect…
There are a few basic things that we should expect from political candidates. Too often we let them dictate the terms by which they engage us. For starters, they should be involved in more open-ended debates. That means that the…
