The paradigm of a teacher standing in front of a classroom at a chalkboard is a relict of the past. A great tool circa “Little House on the Prairie,” the blackboard should go the same way as the one-room school house. More pay alone, with insufficient merit requirements, does not improve schools. A better solution is found in merit pay, technology integration and school choice.
Educational Saving Accounts for High School Students is Good Step
February 27, 2012 by
Rep. John Dougall, known in Utah legislative circle as an “ideas guy”* and “freight train”** for the breadth and creativity of the bills he’s carrying this year, had a great idea: why not let high school students and their parents pick the public school solution that best meets their educational needs?
It’s a step in the right direction, if just a small step.
Every once in a while, a good idea comes along. One such idea was… [continued]
Blog o’ the day: The Grammarphobia Blog
August 8, 2011 by
Every so often, we all run across one of those odd questions about our English language. You know, like what does the prefix “un” do to a word–intensify or negate? Or is it “sports’ report” or “sport’s report?” Maybe while at the water cooler you’ve asked your coworkers why duck sauce doesn’t have any duck […]
Do you really need all that education?
June 24, 2011 by
And now for something completely different, let’s ask ourselves the question: DO YOU REALLY NEED ALL THAT EDUCATION? Arnold Kling doesn’t necessarily think so. Rather, education just separates the “wheat from the chaff. ” There’s a great debate going on between a some economists over at Econlog.com. Their question? Does more education endows more benefit, or is […]
Become an “expert” in about five books (plus or minus)
June 14, 2011 by
If you’re interested in becoming an “expert” in a flash, or at least boning up on a topic, then nothing beats reading a few well written books. The only trouble is finding the time and finding the right books. Find the time and the books, though, and it is one of the cheapest, and most […]
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