Click this link to see my comment. Opinion | The School Issues We’re Battling Over Aren’t the Ones That Matter – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The School Issues We’re Battling Over Aren’t the Ones That Matter (by N. Kristof of the NY Times)
March 7, 2024 by
Mystery? What Mystery?
February 27, 2024 by
“…let our students know that Harvard is not really in the business of preparing them to grapple with the world’s complexities…”
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That Fancy University Course? It Might Actually Come From an Education Company.(From the WSJ)
July 6, 2022 by
Cutting Off Nose Isn’t Partisan – It’s Stupid
July 8, 2020 by
To cut off your nose to spite your face isn’t partisan – unless you are so poorly educated that you don’t believe you are cutting off your nose. That’s where we are. There are large swaths of American society who don’t have the tools – usually provided by education – to decide for themselves. They […]
Piketty on “Diffusion of Knowledge”
February 25, 2020 by
Today’s Financial Times has a review of Thomas Piketty’s new book. I commented by pointing out that Piketty views knowledge and educational systems to be of tantamount importance, but I worry he doesn’t see the problem. Here is my comment. I hope the new book addresses what, in his previous book, Prof. Piketty points out […]
David Brooks on Education
February 14, 2020 by
David Brooks is on to something https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/scandinavia-education.html, but we need to start with basics. I commented, Did you say we need to change how we “educate” everyone? I didn’t know we did. And that’s a problem. Here is Jefferson on why it’s a problem. “…Preach…a crusade against ignorance…improve the law for educating the common people. […]
Was Thomas Jefferson Right? Yes! Just See Today’s Poll in the NY Times
The difference between college educated voters and no college education is dramatic. To see scroll down in the poll and see the differences. Cross-Tabs: February 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide – The New York Times (nytimes.com)