Source: Loans ‘Designed to Fail’: States Say Navient Preyed on Students – The New York Times I wrote, I taught at a “non-profit” (Why they are called that, I have no idea.) “elite” university. As an insider, here is my advice for readers. I strongly recommend that everyone carefully read the paragraphs of this article […]
“Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs” (NYT) But Here is Why, and They Shouldn’t
March 29, 2017 by
NYT “Years of Ethics Charges, but Star Cancer Researcher Gets a Pass”Larger Questions? You Bet!
March 9, 2017 by
Source: Years of Ethics Charges, but Star Cancer Researcher Gets a Pass – The New York Times I wrote: Here is the “..Large Question..” and its Obvious Answer. (Even though I’m a professor, please don’t sleep through this.) Larger Question: Given that universities can, and do, gain through unscrupulous behavior, can we really believe that […]
Excellent WSJ Article on AP
February 16, 2017 by
Follow this to the article. Here was my comment. I am a retired math professor who, for years, taught gifted high school students that had completed AP calculus and who went on to attend elite schools. I have a blog (See below.) where, by clicking on the category “AP”, you can read about AP courses, […]
Making America Great Again Isn’t Just About Money and Power – The New York Times
January 15, 2017 by
No, it’s about education. Here is my comment. Op-Eds like this are insightful, well thought out, and well argued, but – and it’s a gigantic “but”, with a gigantically hard solution – what proportion of today’s voters will ever hear this argument, or even understand it if they did? And why? Let’s skip the obvious […]
Just Grade, Please.
September 11, 2016 by
Turning college into a zero-sum game hurts their chances of succeeding after graduation. Source: Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve Here’s my take. I’m a former math professor. From my experience, all of this fuss about grading is really a fuss about how students “feel”; that is, how they feel about their […]
The US productivity puzzle – This Financial Times’ Article Implies That Most Economists Miss a Critical Factor
September 7, 2016 by
The dramatic slide in US productivity will be one of the defining features of the next president’s economic inheritance. Yet when it comes to diagnosing the causes of the slowdown, or coming up with cures, there is little consensus among economists. Source: The US productivity puzzle: what policies are needed – FT.com This was my comment. […]
What Does the Graph Reveal?
August 17, 2016 by
In a novel experiment, the Education Department announced Tuesday up to $17 million in loans and grants for students to undergo training at eight entities that aren’t traditional colleges. Source: Obama Administration to Fund Nontraditional Training for Students – WSJ I wrote, After spending decades in one of the most corrupted businesses in America, it is obvious […]
“Why Singapore’s kids are so good at maths” – and the US Isn’t
Source: Why Singapore’s kids are so good at maths Here is a highlighted quote from the article. Mathematics in Singapore is not about knowing everything. It’s about thinking like a mathematician Andreas Schleicher, head of the OECD’s education assessment programme Here is my comment. High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with […]