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  • Uberizing Education

    Uberizing Education24

    Uber revolutionized transportation. Airbnb transformed the lodging and short-term rental space. Netflix was pathbreaking in the field of on-demand entertainment. In all of these instances, innovative, agile ideas competed against existing, outdated models. And they won. I feel bad for the taxi drivers who spent a lot of money for a regulated, now near-worthless medallion,

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  • Uber Competition

    Uber Competition0

    • August 26, 2015

    Ever heard of Uber? To the unfamiliar, the company seems almost like a guerrilla taxi service. Officially, however, “Uber touts itself as a technology company that matches riders with drivers.” Taking advantage of standard GPS technology and online payment options, “customers can input their destination and hail an Uber car — depending on the level

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  • Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California

    Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California0

    This Friday, Uber and Lyft are set to entirely shut down ride-sharing operations in California. The businesses’ exit from the Golden State will leave hundreds of thousands of drivers unemployed and millions of Californians chasing an expensive cab. Sadly, this was preventable.  Here’s how we got to this point. In September of 2019, the California

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  • U.S.-China Relations: From Bad to Worse

    U.S.-China Relations: From Bad to Worse0

    The most significant diplomatic event in the month of March was a rapid, seemingly irreversible deterioration of relations between the United States and China. Its signs were on display at the first high-level meeting between the two sides since President Joseph Biden took office on Jan. 20. Held in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18, it ended very

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  • U.S. Students Win the 2016 Math Olympiad

    U.S. Students Win the 2016 Math Olympiad0

    Earlier this week, news came out that a group of U.S. students had won the 2016 International Math Olympiad. As the Washington Post noted, such news is surprising, particularly since the U.S. team was the reigning champion from 2015, a title they finally snagged after losing for 21 years. I was encouraged reading about the

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  • U.S. Students WAY Behind Canadians in Latest PISA Test

    U.S. Students WAY Behind Canadians in Latest PISA Test0

    The United States showed its sports prowess by bringing home 121 medals from the Olympics this summer, comfortably trouncing the rest of the world. But the U.S. just can’t seem to do the same when it comes to the PISA exam, the Olympics of the education world. The release of the 2015 results shows the

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