Thursday, June 28, 2012

diane ravitch

lessons from apple


And one other thing: As more and more people go to college, more and more of them are landing in jobs that do not require a college degree and/or do not pay what they expected when they made the decision to go to college. As you hear "reformers" saying that everyone should go to college, note that they say nothing about how all the new college graduates will find worthy jobs. Earning $12 an hour selling stuff isn't what most people had in mind when they incurred all that debt.


via david warlick - vision of future
talk to yourself.. be mindful.
we're talking about the human spirit. about our youth.. about us. about you.


bill-gates-turns-his-attention-to-higher-education/
the end of the interview, when he refers to NCLB and the SAT as the “gold standard.”