some links about education

just for ha-has


http://www.alternet.org/education/7-big-public-education-stories-2014?page=0%2C0


https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/01/07/no-discernible-growth-online-education-market


http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/12/m-night-shyamalan-steps-education-wars


http://dianeravitch.net/2014/12/31/shocker-after-pearson-aligns-ged-with-common-core-passing-rates-collapse/


http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/01/16/poverty_among_public_school_students_more_than_half_are_low_income.html


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/business/a-rich-childs-edge-in-public-education.html?pagewanted=all

this week in grade inflation news

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/08/princeton-panel-urges-changes-grading-rules-wellesley-scholars-warn-impact-strict

as far as I can tell, the applied ethics content of this piece is that attempts to counter grade inflation should be rejected on subjective utilitarian grounds: they make everybody unhappy.

random linkage

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/04/student_evaluations_of_college_professors_are_biased_and_worthless.html


http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/how-washington-could-make-college-tuition-free-without-spending-a-penny-more-on-education/273801/


http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303948104579533610289092866
["Why Some M.B.A.s Are Reading Plato"]

random linkage

tax subsidies to create jobs doesn't work:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/70st0609.pdf


no shortage in STEM graduates:
https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/c6f6eed505c1


can't have innovative pedagogy w/o faculty:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/12/06/higher-ed-disruptions-doomed-fail-without-addressing-state-faculty-essay
and on MOOCs: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/12/06/mooc-research-conference-confirms-commonly-held-beliefs-about-medium

Frequent tests can enhance college learning

I am not surprised

Grading college students on quizzes given at the beginning of every class, rather than on midterms or a final exam, increases both attendance and overall performance, scientists reported Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/education/frequent-tests-can-enhance-college-learning-study-finds.html?hpw&rref=education&_r=0


This is also not surprising:

Most students hated it at first, Dr. Pennebaker said.

“Sam and I usually get really high course evaluations” from the students, he said; “these were the lowest ever.”

misc.

on quitting

making sure that universities reproduce existing inequalities
(of course, admissions can be need blind ...)

A Machiavellian Guide to Destroying Public Universities

here.

(via Leiter Report)

stupid shit

bulletproof whiteboards

anti-cheating hats