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Paying for College, Sometimes With Blood

Ann Larson’s recent IHE column, in which she dissects the popular idea that that a college education is the key...

Memorial Day Appreciated

In addition to having a long weekend, Memorial Day should be appreciated for its original meaning. And during the actual...

Where the Streets are Paved with Crushed Candy

My sons and I didn’t drive three hours south over Memorial Day weekend to score candy; we went to see...

A Google / Microsoft Educational Content Platform?

The marvelous Barbara Fister writes in our discussion yesterday about my argument that Google should provide a syllabus platform: "…..I...

Math Geek Mom: Class Reunion

I have written in this column before about the concept of "opportunity cost." This topic from economics says that every...

Long Distance Mom: Oil and Water

The media and the sciences… They mix like oil and water. Commercial media seeks narrative personas, two-sided conflicts and attention-grabbing...

Syllabi Should Be Open

Every syllabus should be published, indexed, and freely available online. Where possible, the online syllabus should have these 5 traits...

Differing economies

The recent Memorial Day holiday was more than welcome. In truth, that's the case most years. Given that the last...