Posts Tagged ‘ education ’

The Education Bubble, Part I

Sep 16th, 2009 | By Linda Brady Traynham | Category: Featured, Politics
For most of the life of the United States of America one of the biggest dreams was that the next generation would exceed what their parents had achieved. Horatio Alger, "any boy can grow up to be president," "I want my children to have a better education than I did..." ...read more

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Education Then and Now

Sep 14th, 2009 | By Richard Marmo | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
It’s September again and most of the kids are going back to school, or going for the first time. But it isn’t like it used to be. Not by a long shot. When I went to school from the late ‘40s thru the early ‘60s (I know. I’m dating myself.), the ...read more

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A New Kind of Rote Learning

Apr 22nd, 2009 | By Adam Hopkins | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to write in and comment about my last article. As I said before and I’ll say it again, the education of our children is an issue too many people in Washington are ignoring. And the fact that you all took the ...read more

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The Knowledge-Based Economy

Apr 25th, 2007 | By Michael Shedlock | Category: Macro Economics
 I received an interesting question today on The Market Traders about the knowledge-based economy: "Dear Mish, "Considering the dismal manufacturing news today -- 3 million jobs lost since 2000 -- I am wondering what people think about our move into the 'knowledge economy.' Is it just a hoax, or is there really ...read more

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