“We’ve literally built an operating system for a 21st century school system,” says AltSchool’s founder. (Excerpted from Bloomberg Business, by Adam Satariano) Former Google executive Max Ventilla with $133 million from venture capitalists and Mark Zuckerberg has started a for-profit, $[...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
February 10th, 2015 - 1:05 am § in Schools & Colleges
Inaninity
Computer languages are form of formal logic. They have as much to do with being able to speak and read another language as Greek has to do with Klingon. Washington lawmakers want computer science to count as foreign language If bill passes, two years of comp sci would count towards university ad[...]
January 19th, 2015 - 11:13 am § in Politics
The GOP’s state budget is stupid and unworkable
Somewhat surprisingly, Washington’s GOP legislators sound like they want to comply with McCleary, and also fund the class size initiative. But they’re still adamantly opposed to raising taxes or new revenues. So what’s their hat trick? After all, we’re talking billions of dol[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 12:24 am § in Science
What Value Is There In a Nobel Prize?
Want a Nobel Prize? You can buy one “I worried about people in Africa because of their low IQ “ The 1962 Nobel Prize James Watson won for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA is going on the auction block. The auctioneer says the gold medal could bring $2.5 to $3.5 millio[...]
How UW Faculty Ought to Vote in This Election
As we approach the last day to mail ballots, I am struck by the lack of participation of the University of Washington faculty in the 2014 election. That lack is probably reflected in the fact that few of our issues have come to be discussed by the candidates. I assume most faculty fully support the [...]
October 16th, 2014 - 12:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
Sweden Extends Secondary Education by Two Years
New government to make school compulsory to 18 While Washington’s legislature debates meeting minimal standards of K-12 education Sweden’s new government, led by Stefan Löfven’s Social Democrats and the Green Party (Miljöpartiet)’ has announced a two-year extension to S[...]
September 23rd, 2014 - 1:30 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
WASTATE IS NUMBER ONE! … in unfair taxes
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September 19th, 2014 - 12:47 am § in Misc.
No value from studying with smarter people?
Learning with ‘stronger peers’ yields no boost A new study contradicts the popular theory that students perform better when surrounded by higher-achieving classmates.[...]
February 12th, 2014 - 4:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Dumbing Down Math .. a Step Toward Abortion?
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African American males have to broaden our Cultural Spectrum
One of the main obstacles in the way of employment for African American males is the public school system and the urban street culture mentality that a poor education system perpetuates. Poor public education does not prepare kids intellectually which makes it very tough to gain access to higher e[...]