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Poison Ivy

In education on 4 October 2006 with 1 comment

The Economist reviews Daniel Golden’s “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys its Way into Elite Colleges - and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates:”
The American establishment is extraordinarily good at getting its children into the best colleges. In the last presidential election both candidates—George Bush and John Kerry—were “C” students who would […]

BBC Documentary Archive: The Communications Revolution

In audio, culture, development, education, podcast, science, technology, telecommunications on 13 September 2006 with no comments

Since downloading the new iTunes 7 update, I’ve started browsing through the podcast directory. I stumbled across the BBC’s documentary (4-part podcast) from August, titled “The Communications Revolution:”
Part 1: Communications: Transformation of business and leisure, and the structure of family and society? (mp3)
Part 2: […]

What is the value of an undergraduate education?

In audio, education, podcast on 8 September 2006 with no comments

The University Channel offers an excellent podcast (mp3) and transcript (.doc) featuring James Wilkinson, Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University explaining an international perspective on the historical development and current state of undergraduate education.
As I will argue, the “what” and the “how” are intimately related.  Each student personally constructs […]

iTunes U: UC Berkeley

In audio, education on 24 April 2006 with no comments

http://itunes.berkeley.edu/
UC Berkeley is now delivering podcasts online through the iTunes U system.

Dropout Nation: What’s wrong with America’s Schools?

In education on 9 April 2006 with no comments

In today's data-happy era of accountability, testing and No Child Left Behind, here is the most astonishing statistic in the whole field of education: an increasing number of researchers are saying that nearly one out of three public high school students won't graduate, not just in Shelbyville but around the nation.
For Latinos and African-Americans, the […]

University Channel - Access to a World of Ideas

In education, technology, web on 28 March 2006 with no comments

Adding to the information overload: University Channel  
The University Channel makes videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public.  It is a place where academics can air their ideas and present research in a full-length, uncut format.  Contributors with greater video production capabilities can submit original productions.
Though I've seen Stanford and Harvard offering podcasts, lectures, etc… online, […]

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math

In education on 26 March 2006 with no comments

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math: "Trying to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind, thousands of schools are reducing class time spent on other subjects."
A federal law passed after the Russian launching of Sputnik in 1957 spurred a renewed emphasis on science and math, and a 1975 law that guaranteed […]