The Roots of STEM Excellence” can’t be found in instruction, but in people too brilliant to be held down by non-admission to an elite school, or a lack of schooling altogether.
Respectfully Disagreeing With Charles Murray’s Fascinating Take on STEM Read More »
Remarkable abundance will be one of the many benefits of more automated production and thought, and from it will emerge all sorts of jobs that never could have been work in the past.
Soaring Abundance Will Shrink Parent-Child Conflict Read More »
Markets are wise, and it’s in the countries where foreign producers are aggressively pursuing and gaining market share the most that you know the future is brightest.
If You Hated School, Then You Intuit the Genius of Trade Read More »
It’s not social media or online activity imperiling young people, rather it’s mistakes, including mistakes borne of faulty parental supervision. There ought to be a law? No.
The Law Can’t Be a Good Parent, Nor Can It Legislate Good Choices Read More »
Joseph Epstein has been writing really great books and columns for years, including one on gambling in the Wall Street Journal last week. He’s always entertaining, and his autobiography is no exception.
Book Review: Joseph Epstein’s ‘Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life’ Read More »
As opposed to AI destroying it, its allegedly broad usage more realistically indicates that higher education has destroyed itself.
AI Cheating’ Isn’t Destroying Higher Ed, It’s Exposing Its Demerits Read More »
The exciting features of the school Jack would like to build are many more than the ones mentioned in this write-up. They all raise questions having to do with how to build a school that, at least for now, only exists in the imagination of Jack.
‘If I Built a School’ Is a Look at the Future of Schools Read More »
Parents will embrace a change that technology will make simple. Kids will finally get to sleep in, and because they’ll be able to sleep in, mornings will be much less of a nightmare. Isn’t “Big Tech” awful?
Technology Will Soon Make It Possible For Kids To Sleep In Read More »
Good and bad decisions come to mind as certain colleges and universities start to abolish “legacy admissions.” The University of Virginia is the latest school to do it. And that’s too bad.
Abolishing ‘Legacy’ College Admissions Will Hurt Non-Legacies Most Read More »
The normally excellent Lance Morrow is the latest to try and tie greater historical meaning to education at Groton, Yale and Harvard. In his case, he’s trying to connect the latter to the Vietnam disaster.
Where You Went To School Isn’t the Source of Your Incompetence Read More »
