Tag Archives for education
Gameifying Test Prep
. The KIPP-Grockit partnership will yield a private network for SAT and ACT test prep for use by students and teachers in three of KIPP’s largest schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Grockit’s adaptive learning platform is designed … Continue reading
On Exploding Higher Education
I’ve argued for a while that India’s Institutes of Technology and Management should be exploded so as to distribute the benefits to more and more people. Pete Thiel’s thinking along the same lines: He thinks it’s fundamentally wrong for a … Continue reading
Idea: Social Entrepreneurship MBAs
Look, rather than trying to start up in-house social entrepreneurship degree programs, and the accompanying fellowships, higher education institutions would be much better off aligning their endowments, entrepreneurs, and educators with real social purpose: Finding quality candidates interested in this … Continue reading
Importing Public High School Students
A public high school in rural Maine is importing Chinese students at $27,000/year (room and board included) to compensate for plummeting revenue and enrollment. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
The Dropout Economy
Reihan Salam. It’s a fun, short read, but snippets anyway: It’s important to keep in mind that behavior that seems irrational from a middle-class perspective is perfectly rational in the face of straitened circumstances. Look at the projections of fiscal … Continue reading