October 2010
la-stella asked: Did you know that "Lehrer" means teacher in German?
Oct 30th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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The Myth of Charter Schools →
Some fact-checking is in order, and the place to start is with the film’s quiet acknowledgment that only one in five charter schools is able to get the “amazing results” that it celebrates. Nothing more is said about this astonishing statistic. It is drawn from a national study of charter schools by Stanford economist Margaret Raymond (the wife of Hanushek). Known as the CREDO study, it evaluated...
Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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“The annual Gallup poll about education shows that Americans are overwhelmingly...”
– The Myth of Charter Schools (via americansbelieve)
Oct 27th
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Oct 25th
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Why Did 17 Million Students Go to College? →
Two sets of information were presented to me in the last 24 hours that have dramatically reinforced my feeling that diminishing returns have set in to investments in higher education, with increasing evidence suggesting that we are in one respect “overinvesting” in the field. First, following up on information provided by former student Douglas Himes at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), my...
Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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Oct 19th
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“Wells Fargo wanted to foreclose on a condo unit which had multiple mortgages...”
– Joseph Tauke in TheDC OP-ED: One nation, under fraud | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment (via quotingthecrisis)
Oct 19th
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“E-Mail Auto-Response” →
Dear Friend, Family Member, Loved One, and/or Business Associate: Thank you for your e-mail, which, if it is under three (3) sentences long, I have read. Owing to the large volume of e-mails I’m receiving at this time, please note that it will sometimes take up to fourteen (14) calendar days, though sometimes longer (and sometimes much longer), to respond to your e-mail; in the interim, please...
Oct 18th
Oct 18th
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Fifth-and-Goal →
Twenty years ago, a perfect storm of events led to arguably the biggest blunder in college football history. Perfect storm is the only way to describe this.
Oct 13th
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youknowwhatscool.com →
via Nick.
Oct 13th
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Oct 12th
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“This has the potential to be the neighborhood NIMBYs’ biggest win since the...”
– East Village’s Most Hated Bar Said to Be Closing Soon - Grub Street on Sin Sin announcing they are closing for “renovations”
Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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“[Amazon] started selling diapers in the summer of 2006, just a year after...”
– What Amazon Fears Most: Diapers The Diapers.com story is one of my favorite startup stories.
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“On Friday, the New York times published an astonishing story, which was itself...”
– Paul Carr
Oct 11th
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Approximately one in ten babies born in Europe... →
Oct 9th
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“It is the best movie I have ever seen.”
– Scott Adams reviewing The Social Network
Oct 7th
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“Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought federal permission on Wednesday to bar New...”
– A Push to Ban Soda Purchases With Food Stamps
Oct 7th
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“If you bought every Friday close this year and sold the Monday close, your...”
– The “Friday-Monday Effect” Exposed
Oct 7th
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Oct 4th
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Oct 3rd
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Sorkin vs. Zuckerberg →
Lessig’s fantastic review of The Social Network. Minor spoilers.
Oct 2nd
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“There was in the sixties a man named Fritz Perls who was a gestalt therapist....”
– Milton Glaser - Ten Things I Have Learned, November 22, 2001
Oct 1st
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