Professor at George Mason University and Co-Founder of MRUniversity.com, Alex Tabarrok, thoughtfully lays out the advantages of online education. While the article is mostly focused on post-secondary education, many of his arguments can apply equally well to k-12 IMHO.
http://www.cato-unbound.org/2012/11/12/alex-tabarrok/why-online-education-works/
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
"How to Beat the Odds at Judging Risk"
This short article reminded me of the topic brought up at the recent parents' meeting. In a nutshell: Risk Intelligence can be improved by learning probability and statistics.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702304451104577392270431239772-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMzExNDMyWj.html?mod=wsj_share_email
This short article reminded me of the topic brought up at the recent parents' meeting. In a nutshell: Risk Intelligence can be improved by learning probability and statistics.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702304451104577392270431239772-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMzExNDMyWj.html?mod=wsj_share_email
Sunday, April 15, 2012
WSJ Article Today - Educating the Next Steve Jobs
It appears Acton's approach is right on the mark per this author. I'm curious if anyone has read Tony Wagner's book: "Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World." Please comment if you do/don't recommend it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577337790086673050.html?mod=WeekendHeader_Rotator
Monday, March 26, 2012
on character
good snack for thought with morning coffee
Thursday, March 22, 2012
next year, statistics
we can begin to prepare for that with this entertaining article:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/03/18/a-fun-diy-science-goodie-proof-yourself-against-sensationalized-stats/
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
re power
I'm hoping the scientists and engineers perfect the electric snail before the electric cockroach... our local water bugs strike me as plenty energetic already.
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