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“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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Category Archives: Education
Private school vs. public school
Private school vs. public school: Only bad people send their kids to private school. – Slate Magazine. You are a bad person if you send your children to private school. Not bad like murderer bad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation’s-most-essential-institutions-in-order-to-get-what’s-best-for-your-kid bad. So, … Continue reading
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“Math is hard” T-Shirt withdrawn
Children’s Place apologizes, pulls girls’ ‘math is hard’ T-shirt after backlash | Twitchy. Unfortunately, in general the school systems does make math hard.
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In meantime, there are waves to catch.
Why I Support My Son’s Decision To Put College On Hold … To Surf – Forbes. As a mom of a surfer, I have come to learn—and accept—that there’s a certain surf culture, which says that when there are waves, … Continue reading
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Food waste is up and the number of students buying school lunches is down
Stoopid government top down “management”: Where’s My PBJ? Menu Changes Are Driving Children Out of the Lunch Line | CNS News. Read the whole thing.
How the Democrats Mislead Their Supporters on Student Loan Interest Rates
They don’t try to justify it. It is an absurd lie… via How the Democrats Mislead Their Supporters | Power Line. So, did House Republicans actually “vote to more than double student loan rates,” and “make college more expensive?” Of … Continue reading
Are student loans turning into junk bonds?
Shocker: No One Wants to Buy Student Loan-backed Securities | Via Meadia. Are student loans turning into junk bonds? With something like $1 trillion of student loan debt outstanding, investor skittishness is not good news. Yes. Don’t worry, the government … Continue reading
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Rahm: President Obama supports me against striking teachers
Good grief, who cares Rahm. Act like a grown up and deal with it.
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Is College a Lousy Investment?
Megan McArdle asks. The price of a McDonald’s hamburger has risen from 85 cents in 1995 to about a dollar today. The average price of all goods and services has risen about 50 percent. But the price of a college … Continue reading
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Tough Love
High school teacher tells graduating students: you’re not special “Yes, you’ve been pampered, cosseted, doted upon, helmeted, bubble-wrapped,” McCullough said in his speech. “Yes, capable adults with other things to do have held you, kissed you, fed you, wiped your … Continue reading
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California Education Budget
Darren at Right on the Left Coast responds to a frustrated teachers comment:”More cuts? When will this end?” His response… Well, Teacher X, it will end when you quit voting for the Democrats who keep running this state down the … Continue reading
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Sage on the Stage
Joanne Jacobs: What works? The sage on the stage Discovery learning, problem-based learning, inquiry learning, constructivist learning — whatever the label, teaching that only partially guides students, and expects them to discover information on their own, is not effective or … Continue reading
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Inflating College education bubble
“… a product that costs more and more. But consumers don’t care about the price because they’re convinced it will be worth a lot of money in the future…. and besides they’re paying with cheap borrowed money”. Eh… what’s not … Continue reading
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“When liberals attack liberals! What to look for: 1. They’ll call each other conservatives. 2. Race card. 3. Lawsuit!” – Althouse
Ann Althouse: Madison school board voes down charter school designed to lift up poor minority kids.
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Oh, this problem is much bigger than South Carolina
COLUMBIA Many South Carolina public colleges and universities are excessively expensive and have strayed too far from their core mission: educating students, according to a recent study by a Columbia-based think tank. Tuition is rising faster than household income in … Continue reading
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Oh, I choose a combination of 2 and 3
On voting down Prop 103. … and damn proud of it.
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“Each year, the college experience gets closer to that of a TSA line at the airport….
Whether your own college experience was more like The Paper Chase or Animal House, you can be sure that today’s campuses are neither. Instead, your tuition and tax dollars are funding an ever-growing army of bureaucrats that police everything from … Continue reading
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Teacher, why they cheat
Betsy examines teachers and cheating on standardized tests. As a side note, Charter Schools test scores continue to improve.
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In defense of teachers
Color me not as impressed as some of my friends/acquaintances.
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Lower Education bubble
State Senator Rollie Heath wants to raise taxes for education funding in Colorado. No surprise that the elite at the Daily Camera’s editorial board are salivating over the idea of raising taxes for education. They ignore extremely poor return of … Continue reading
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More money for education won’t fix idiocy like this…
I love the parents video comment “I was trying not to laugh”. That’s why my daughter(s) went to Kumon and why the younger one, despite being ill and missing a lot of school, aced the “pretest” for the next section … Continue reading
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