education

The Wrongness of Extreme Parenting

19 January 2011

Amy Chua’s Why Chinese Mothers are Superior article set off a firestorm. On several levels, are the Chinese actually superior, is America in decline and all the rest.
Now you have David Brooks’ Amy Chua is a Wimp counter-point.
To recap: Amy’s children must: play piano or violin, get As, be #1 in all subjects except gym [...]

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Where to Get the Best Free Education Online

20 August 2010

Where to Get the Best Free Education Online.
I’ve been using iTunesU as my main resource. I used that to bootstrap my knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign which I have been using for the ebooks I’ve made. But there are so many courses that it is almost unlimited educational opportunities.
The only problem at the moment [...]

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The Simple Dollar » Building Skills for Free

6 August 2010

Most people, when they think about skill-building, envision a classroom, a teacher, a bunch of expensive supplies, and tuition bills. That’s only true if you’re looking to earn some sort of certificate to write about on your resume, but it’s certainly not needed to build many skills you might wish to have. Instead, here are [...]

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Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to ‘Stand and Deliver’ – latimes.com

1 April 2010

Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to ‘Stand and Deliver’ – latimes.com: “Jaime Escalante, the charismatic former East Los Angeles high school teacher who taught the nation that inner-city students could master subjects as demanding as calculus, died Tuesday. He was 79.”

An inspiring teacher, too bad the schools couldn’t [...]

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Increase Your DIY Knowledge for Free – DIY Week – Lifehacker

23 February 2010

Increase Your DIY Knowledge for Free – DIY Week – Lifehacker: “Knowing how to do things yourself is a great way to save money—and it means you’re less reliant on repairmen and buying expensive replacements. Increase your DIY knowledge for free with these handy resources.”

For me it is not always about saving money, because occasionally [...]

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Wonder How To How To Videos & How-To Articles

22 December 2009

Wonder How To How To Videos & How-To Articles

This is a cool site for all kinds of great videos. Love the Pizza Throwing vid.

ht lifehacker

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US Scientific Literacy doubles – rises to only pathetic

24 September 2009

The literature of truth | Free Newsletter: “According to Dr. Jon D. Miller, Director of the Center for Biomedical Communications, the number of scientifically literate adults in the U.S. has doubled over the past 20 years.
The bad news? That only gets us up to 20 percent.
Only 48 percent of Americans know that humans didn’t [...]

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E-Books Directory – Categorized Books, Short Reviews, Free Downloads

7 September 2009

E-Books Directory – Categorized Books, Short Reviews, Free Downloads: “E-Books DirectoryWelcome! We have exactly 2323 free e-books in 397 categories.”
Cool. Knowledge is power.

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Criminal Incompetence – Inside Higher Ed

27 August 2009

Views: Criminal Incompetence – Inside Higher Ed: “Gambetta argues that something similar takes place among the baroni (barons) who oversee the selection committees involved in Italian academic promotions. While some fields are more meritocratic than others, the struggle for advancement often involves a great deal of horse trading. ‘The barons operate [...]

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“1984″ goes down the Memory Hole

18 July 2009

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com: “This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned.”
Irony, thy name is Amazon right now. [...]

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