Posts Tagged ‘Education’

  • Graduation: Preparation for Life
    Posted by on May 19th, 2013 at 4:24 pm, Comments: 0

    Just witnessed my daughter’s graduation.  She survived four years at Davidson College.  The college president spoke to the class.  President Quillan talked about her own [...]

  • Education’s Next Stage
    Posted by on May 16th, 2013 at 8:11 am, Comments: 0

    This space will be light the next few days.  My eldest daughter graduates from college this weekend.  The family is headed down to be with her, [...]

  • Chicago: Hotbed of Employment Innovation
    Posted by on May 8th, 2013 at 6:00 am, Comments: 0

    One of the first things I thought of when we started Hyde Park Angels was not to mimic Silicon Valley.  No other area can be [...]

  • Legislating Against Education Innovation in Illinois
    Posted by on May 7th, 2013 at 9:22 am, Comments: 0

    There is no doubt among rational minds that the nation has a broken educational system.  People I speak with from both sides of the aisle [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on April 2nd, 2013 at 5:05 am, Comments: 0

    What do you think?  Should women actively go for an Mrs degree along with a real degree? Don’t go to law school. There has been [...]

  • Are You Brilliant?
    Posted by on March 18th, 2013 at 8:59 am, Comments: 0

    Brilliant- bril·liant [bril-yuhnt]  Show IPA adjective 1. shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lightsof the city. 2. distinguished; illustrious: a brilliant performance by a young pianist. 3. having or showing great intelligence, talent, quality, etc.: a brilliant technician. 4. strong and clear in tone; vivid; bright: brilliant blues and greens; the brilliant sound of the trumpets. 5. splendid or magnificent: a brilliant social event. Sometimes there are people or ideas or companies [...]

  • The Low Capitalization Rate of Potential
    Posted by on February 26th, 2013 at 9:52 am, Comments: 0

    Last evening I went to the kick off of KIPP:Chicago.  It was a stimulating evening, highlighted by a speech from Malcolm Gladwell.  Michael Feinberg talked [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on February 26th, 2013 at 5:13 am, Comments: 0

    Was at a KIPP Chicago event last night.  Support charter schools where you can.  Gary Comer College Prep does a darned good job too.  Maximizing [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on February 24th, 2013 at 5:47 am, Comments: 0

    The fine art of customer acquisition. Is Obama laying the ground work to go after your 401(k)? How to choose a college-because the rating system [...]

  • MTXE-A Phrase That Pays
    Posted by on January 27th, 2013 at 8:40 am, Comments: 0

    We like to turn everything into abbreviations these days. Feels like speaking the english language is changing to military speak.  The military famously abbreviates everything. [...]

  • One Solution to the Higher Education Bubble
    Posted by on September 26th, 2012 at 8:42 am, Comments: 0

    If you have sent your kid off to college to try and gain an little knowledge you are acutely aware of the costs of educating [...]

  • Education in America
    Posted by on June 26th, 2011 at 12:11 pm, Comments: 0

    There has been a lot of consternation over the cost of a college education.  I think that the cost can be explained using simple economics. [...]

  • Losing Our Way As A Nation
    Posted by on June 18th, 2011 at 11:49 am, Comments: 0

    This is a good weekend interview.  The first line is, “We’re raising young people who are, by and large, historically illiterate.” I don’t want to [...]

  • Social Entrepreneurship
    Posted by on April 17th, 2011 at 11:44 am, Comments: 0

    On many college campuses, there are new programs called Social Entrepreneurship Programs.  The theory behind social entrepreneurship is that business should try and be profitable, [...]

  • Is There An Education Bubble?
    Posted by on January 15th, 2011 at 6:31 am, Comments: 0

    Instapundit and many others certainly think so.  Anecdotally, it seems like there could be one given the prices that many colleges are charging.  Instead of [...]

  • A College Education-What to Major In?
    Posted by on November 21st, 2010 at 10:54 am, Comments: 0

    There is a lot of debate these days on the cost and value of a college education.  Maybe along with this debate, we ought to [...]

  • How Much Does A Teacher Really Make?
    Posted by on October 5th, 2010 at 7:51 pm, Comments: 0

    Here is some math on teachers salaries. It’s a good way to look at the problems that face us regarding how much a government worker [...]

  • Waiting for Superman
    Posted by on October 2nd, 2010 at 7:16 pm, Comments: 0

    I previously blogged about the Oprah show where Geoffrey Canada was on talking about education.  Today I saw the movie. I stand by what I [...]