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  • Google and Apple Are Recognizing the Façade of the Education System

    Google and Apple Are Recognizing the Façade of the Education System0

    I was at a wedding several weeks ago when I ran into a young man I hadn’t seen for a while. Naturally, I asked what he was up to. Was he finished with high school? College? To my surprise, he stated that he was working for Apple as a software developer. “Wow, that’s great!” I

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  • Goofus and Gallant Go Woke

    Goofus and Gallant Go Woke7

    Do you remember Highlights, the ubiquitous children’s magazine that you’d devour at the dentist’s office? If you were lucky, you’d wait for the mailman to deliver a fresh edition to your home at the beginning of every month. It was a treasure. The venerable American publication was established in 1946 by an enterprising married couple

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  • Goodhart’s Law Explains Education Decay

    Goodhart’s Law Explains Education Decay0

    Everywhere in education, you see incentives at work. The incentives, though, are so far removed from the actual goals of education that they produce perverse results. Goodhart’s Law is usually stated, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Economics textbooks often use the allegory of a maker of nails,

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  • Goodbye to Lady Justice

    Goodbye to Lady Justice0

    Are we witnessing the end of justice and equality before the law in America? On April 15, the Department of Justice announced that the still-unnamed police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the protests at our Capitol in early January would not be charged with her death. We still have no real explanation as to why the

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  • Goodbye Net Neutrality; Hello Competition

    Goodbye Net Neutrality; Hello Competition0

    • November 27, 2017

    At long last, with the end of “net neutrality,” competition could soon come to the industry that delivers Internet services to you. You might be able to pick among a range of packages, some minimalist and some maximalist, depending on how you use the service. Or you could choose a package that charges based only

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  • Good, simple advice for Christmas

    Good, simple advice for Christmas0

    There’s a popular quote attributed to the author G.K. Chesterton that’s been floating around the social media world that seems quite applicable for not only Christmas, but the entire year. “There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” Unfortunately, when you

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