Showing posts with label Education Economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education Economics. Show all posts
Monday, September 6, 2010

Bertrand Russell's Three Passions

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Quote of the Day; Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, ...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

You can’t build a country if you’re not thinking beyond your own lifetime

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Mr. Ali is an institution in Pakistan. He has started some of the country’s most successful companies. But perhaps his most important contri...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Memo to the Next President on Education Reform

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Lawrence Summers on education reform ; Q: ...As I told you I’m writing an essay for the next president of the United States with recommendat...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Cost Benefit Analysis in Education Policy

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Can cost-benefit analysis guide education policy in developing countries? Summary: Cost-benefit analysis in education is an important tool i...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

US High Schools- Demand and Supply

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Projections show that by next year or the year after, the annual number of high school graduates in the United States will peak at about 2.9...

Stupid in America- Not anymore maybe

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Each year, nationwide, about $500 billion is spent on K-12 education, and almost all of it comes from taxpayers. By that measure, this gift ...
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Friday, March 7, 2008

The Preschool Movement

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The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politicst David L. Kirp
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The smart education system of Finland

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What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart? The academic prowess of Finland's students has lured educators from more than 50 countries in recent y...
Monday, February 4, 2008

Assorted

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Letter to Our European Friend by P.J. O'Rourke There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans, race and ...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Lessons from Korea

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World Bank event- Korea as a Knowledge Economy: Evolutionary Process and Lessons Learned
Thursday, January 3, 2008

Five Minds for the Future

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An interview with Howard Gardner on his new book;
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Use MindManager to Teach Economics

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An interesting paper; Effectiveness of concept maps in economics: Evidence from Australia and USA by John Marangos and Sean Alleya Abstrac...
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Monday, December 3, 2007

Direct Instruction- Does it Work?

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The Direct Approach Direct Instruction (DI) is a relatively radical idea about how to teach elementary school kids (mostly). (There’s a sho...
Saturday, December 1, 2007

Quickie Degrees for Corrupt Policians- Russia edition

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But apparently the Duma's reputation for submissiveness obscures a little-known fact about its deputies: 218 boast advanced degrees. In ...

Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future?

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A review of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future By Daniel H. Pink The two forces he labels “Asia” and “Automation” ha...

The relevance of Education

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School and work : Does the Eastern Caribbean education system adequately prepare youth for the global economy Abstract: As the global econom...