The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools?
Programs like Pathstream help upskill people into tech jobs. OnDeck is building an onramp for entrepreneurs to find cofounders, fund themselves, and even obtain healthcare while they build. ISAs are nudging the putrescent education establishment towards positive ROIs for students.
Charles Cushing • How can we fix the Market for Solutions?
We are afraid our kids will not get the right education, so those who have the resources send them to private schools. In the public schools we are afraid the teachers are slacking on the job, and so we test and test. Parents don’t trust administrators or teachers, and in turn administrators and teachers don’t
Lance Izumi • Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom
After the 1970s, meritocracy began to look more and more like Michael Young’s dark satire. A system intended to give each new generation an equal chance to rise created a new hereditary class structure. Educated professionals pass on their money, connections, ambitions, and work ethic to their children, while less educated families fall further beh
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
feeling so far is that standardized testing and performance-based salaries are likely to push education from social norms to market norms. The United States already spends more money per student than any other Western society. Would it be wise to add more money? The same consideration applies to testing: we are already testing very frequently, and ... See more