How Colleges Can Actually Stay Open
This “abstinence only” model for college socialization is not only destined to fail, but also it ignores the mental and psychological strains
Category: Education
Feds: Yale Discriminates Against Asian American and White Applicants
After a judge cleared Harvard in 2019 of similar charges, now the DOJ has concluded a two-year investigation into Yale, alleging discrimination against certain applicant demographics.
Georgia’s Largest School District Shows Challenges in Opening Schools.
It took all of one day for the challenge of opening schools to become very clear in Georgia’s largest school district, and this was just staff, not the 180k students of Gwinnett County.
The Misguidance Of Clark Kent
The following story is meant to be humorous, and is not intended to represent men of steel or any other alloy for that matter.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Miseducation Edition
Bad things coming for American education, the mask slips on mask wearing, and the ending of that Frederick Douglass speech everyone was sharing this weekend.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth Edition
Welp, that was some week, and the weekend was just as nuts. As we start to careen into the Fourth of July holiday, we need to handle a bit of business from the week...
College and Covid
My undergrad alma mater sent out an e-mail blast announcing their plan to reopen in the fall with “mostly” in person classes.
Advice From the Other Side of a Homeschooling Journey
You love your kids and want what’s best for them, but you did not choose homeschooling for whatever reason. It’s definitely not for everyone!
Telehealth: Make Sure You’re Connected, the Writing’s on the Wall
It is reasonable to suspect that the trend toward telehealth will continue, even after the pandemic has been tamped down.
Getting to Ten Times Better
Vikram briefly examines three domains governed by power-law distributions: basketball, programming, and money
Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned on Sesame Street
As a child of the 60’s I was part of the very first generation to grow up watching Sesame Street. You see, back in the old days when I was a kid and Snuffleupagi...
Briefly, on the STEM vs Humanities debate
It’s one thing to be critical of some of the excesses. It’s quite another to suggest that there’s something inherently wrong with people who work within STEM disciplines.
The NCAA Gives In…A Little
The most important aspect of this is that the scales, long tipped against the athletes in almost every way, have been slightly tipped back.
Woke Math?
Yes, there is a rich and diverse history behind the development of mathematics, but is there currently room in the math class for that?
Adopt, Don’t Shop
I want to drive home the point that if you’re looking for a pet, you should always think to adopt first.
On Memory, Pizza, Time and Gyro Meat
Our life is an 80-year long game of telephone we play with ourselves.
Maybe Forgiveness After All
How much debt should you legally be able to take on before you can legally drink alcohol?
How You Can Advocate for the Disabled When Our Government Doesn’t
America is a prosperous and productive country, but it is sorely lacking when it comes to basic empathy. Few countries on earth revel in cutthroat competition the way we do – and fewer still...
What is the Point of Higher Education?
Back in 2018, I wondered what the Point of Lower Education was. Specifically, I asked the question “what is on the list of things that a high school graduate ought to be able to...
