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Our government is what our population has learned it to be.

By on November 5, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning, Mission of Education

Our national political conversation is devoid of even mentioning the central issue that, within two decades, will most determine our nation’s fate: our most distinctive competency – our only long term competitive advantage – our collective intelligence.

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Re: Microsoft’s ‘National Talent Strategy’ & “Race to the Future’ = Greater Investment in STEM.

By on September 28, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Mission of Education

I am all for STEM but I think we’d have a greater net number of STEMers if we focused our main efforts on getting more kids READY to learn their way into STEM.

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Re: Common Core State Standards Dividing GOP

By on September 2, 2012 in Mission of Education

The coming political argument about ‘Common Core Standards’ should force us to ask: “What is the mission of 21st century American education?” The mission of CCSS is to: Improve our economic future by teaching students the common core of knowledge and skills that WE KNOW THEY NEED TO LEARN. But how could we possibly think that WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED TO LEARN is more important to their futures than HOW WELL THEY CAN LEARN WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN WHEN THEY GET THERE?

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WAKE UP! THE ROBOTS ARE CALLING

By on April 4, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning

The other night I received a call from the cable company. The voice explained that it was calling about an appointment I had scheduled and asked whether I wanted to keep the appointment, cancel, or reschedule it. After saying I wanted to keep it, the voice asked me if I or someone over 18 would [...]

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Re: U.S. Education Woes Threaten National Security, Report Says

By on March 21, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Comments on other sites, Learning

Re: “U.S. Education Woes Threaten National Security, Report Says” Education Week 3-20-2012 Of course everything about the future ultimately depends on our children’s learning. Certainly the economy and how well it resources traditional national security activities is one dimension. But the bigger issue is how well our nation learns. We as a nation must learn [...]

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