"Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree"
August 31, 2020
Watch out, academia. I think change is starting to get real:
Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college.
Education
"Is China’s gaokao the world’s toughest school exam?"
August 27, 2020
If I knew high schooler who was mega-stressed over the SATs, I might show them this.
"University Title Generator"
August 27, 2020
Made me laugh (but it's not necessarily intended to be funny).
"Emory projects an $84 million hit from COVID. It’s hiring yet another diversity and inclusion official."
August 26, 2020
C'mon: everybody knows ya just gotta fund bureaucrats for diversity and inclusion.
"School Reopenings Linked to Union Influence and Politics, Not Safety"
August 25, 2020
Not a surprise, but here's a suumary of some evidence to support the proposition.
"Get Your Kids Out of Public School"
August 25, 2020
It will be interesting to see when we have numbers, how many parents have done exactly that.
"Who Was My Favorite Student This Term?"
August 24, 2020
Made me laugh.
"When Disruptive Students Are Coddled, the Whole Class Suffers"
August 19, 2020
Do tell.
"Saying policing is rooted in ‘slave patrols,’ Duke students demand all campus policing be abolished"
August 12, 2020
It's kinda OK to be stupid when you're young. But if Duke's administrators give into this, they will have no excuse.
"When to re-open schools? How about never?"
August 06, 2020
Arnold Kling with another great post: "With or without a virus, I want schooling to be reinvented."