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diminishing returns for charter schools
Kaus, while charter schools seem promising, don't forget that their main advantage is their selectivity. Even the ones without academic and discipline requirements often have ''selectivity'' because they only accept students who apply months in advance of the start of school. In cities like Chicago, that makes a big difference. Therefore, as the ...
Posted to Kausfiles by guy_in_chicago on October 12, 2009
Boomers Smoking
I agree with the Dr.'s post previous to mine. I believe that each of us has a right to do what we think is best for us. I believe marijuana has many medicinal uses and that this slight risk is less than most presciption medications on the market. Look at the side effects of some of these meds and tell me would you rather take them or smoke ...
Posted to Science by Conita1 on September 28, 2009
Re: It IS a parents duty to put his/her kids interests first!
I generally agree with sullivan. Bazelon's tone seems vague to me: I can't tell if she is criticizing parents who attempt to influence classroom placement where the school forbids it or if she is criticizing any attempt to do so regardless of what the school allows. The comments about ''zero sum gain'' seem to suggest the latter: ''your kid ...
Posted to Family by gambit293 on September 8, 2009
Shame on Obama -- wanting to help children!
''If you can't respect the man, respect the office.'' Oh, wait, that's last year's truth. This year's truth is that the president doesn't deserve our respect, that he's out to corrupt our children. How? Why, by telling them he is trying to fix the leaky roofs, the broken desks, the text books that are falling apart, the computers that have ...
Posted to Kausfiles by Rick Norwood on September 8, 2009
Bazelon's Strong Premise Is Unsubstantiated
Apart from the premise, there is not a lot of good I can find in this article. I agree with Ms. Bazelon - surely helicopter parents meddling in the affairs of their child(ren)'s school(s) is a very bad idea. However, the rest of the article does not support the premise very well. For starters, ''combinations of kids they're building'' makes ...
Posted to Family by Glou on September 5, 2009
Americans and their Education
The piece is pretty accurate, but unfortunately, I think Palin's lack of education attribute to her demise just as much as the ''lost in translation'' idea. Like most Americans, we are not very articulate, especially at the national level. Although she went to college, her level of understanding the world is pretty narrow, as is her development ...
Posted to Politics by Heidi Jane on July 16, 2009
Game Builiding for Kids
Folks interested in this subject might want to explore Stagecast (http://stagecast.com/) and AgentSheets (http://agentsheets.com/). And the latest (or one of the latest) generation of Logo is Starlogo (http://education.mit.edu/starlogo/). I've put a panel proposal in to South by Southwest Interactive on game development environments for kids. ...
Posted to Technology by hmhalff on July 14, 2009
The 20% Rule
As an academic scientist, I have noticed (totally anecdotally, no formal study, but one should be done) that science departments with no women - most often departments such as physics, geology, computer science - are desperate to hire women. The few women coming up for positions in those fields have to beat back offers, because universities know ...
Posted to The Dismal Science by Biotunes on June 7, 2009
Number versus rate
The idea that academic laboratories, including their personnel, must comply with local and Federal safety regulations is uncontestable. However, the article does not provide the actual context: what is the rate of such accidents given the total volume of research activities that take place in research laboratories. In a major research university ...
Posted to Science by AnimeshRay on May 24, 2009
Re: Obama
shannon0615, you got a president with requisite positive traits to do the best possible to pull out America out of the mutiple guagmires,his predecessor,Bush, a nincompoop, landed USA in.He is doing the best which can be done in all vitol sectors,healthcare,education and national security for your kids and for the future generations of America ...
Posted to The Big Idea by M Saleem Chaudhry on May 18, 2009

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