The Conference Board reported today that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased again in March (see chart above), which is the 24th consecutive monthly increase starting in April 2009 just before the recession officially ended in June of that year. The last time the Leading Economic Index increa[...]
Posts Tagged ‘entrepereneurs’
the state has 440 high schools and only 88 certified physics teachers. We are not going to be able to get a certified physics teacher in every one of those other high schools. But what we can do through technology is bring in high quality physics content. We combine that with an effective teacher in the classroom to maximum student outcome
No money? No problem, a wave or wiggle of a magic mouse and the problem is solved! The Washington Post reports on the National Summit on Education Reform, an annual convention hosted by former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Bush is not alone in this effort. The [...]
Why American Education Outclasses the World.
Recently I had the “fun” of being invited to evaluate the world’s elite universities. I had read these ratings before but had not thought much about the process. One thing I REALLY tried to do was to be fair when it came to world class universities outside the US. I was especially [...]
2011 .. HUGE Increases in Salaries
from Huff Post WASHINGTON — CEOs at 299 U.S. companies earned a staggering $3.4 billion combined in executive compensation in 2010, a new study by the nation’s largest labor union found. Ed. Leaving aside right vs. left simplicity, what worries me is that this diversion of money is NOT going[...]
April 19th, 2011 - 6:19 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Who is Richard Sandefer and Why Should I Care?
Sandefer is the founder of the Acton School of Business and a prime mover behind the effort in Texas to radically change the University of Texas. from Real Estate Investment Ideas No doubt the most unusual M.B.A. program in the country is run by the Acton School of Business in Texas. It is built o[...]
April 18th, 2011 - 10:49 am § in Schools & Colleges
Is the BS in business, just BS? A discussion in the NY Times.
The real problem highlighted here is that college is the new high school. Compared to my late father in law who studied and reveled in Shakespeare and serious European and American history and literature in high school, today college is the best chance for young minds to be educated and develop inte[...]