Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The Atlantic’s What’s Wrong With the American University System?
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/07/whats-wrong-with-the-american-university-system/60458/
The Atlantic’s What’s Wrong With the American University System?
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/07/whats-wrong-with-the-american-university-system/60458/
Dennis Hopper reads Rudyard Kipling’s “If” on The Johnny Cash Show. http://youtu.be/xlfnm9gV52w
Interesting discussion about choice especially for schools that offer a student-centric education.
Facebook is a digital Harkness table. http://www.knowideainc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=105
A good OpEd piece that speaks to (charter) schools and the metrics that are used to measure their success. http://bit.ly/divXSi
TED – High School Math http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvKWEvKSi8&feature=player_embedded#!
While public schools are slowly making progress, they are so slow. http://bit.ly/9QFAVt
All the Paintings in the MOMA in 2 Minutes http://bit.ly/deEXye!
The Passover seder, when conducted correctly, is a great example of the effectiveness of a discussion-based teaching method. http://bit.ly/aCU9CD
Delaware and Tennesse won Pres. Obama’s education Race to the Top grants. $107M and $502M respectively. http://bit.ly/dpL8X1