Monthly Archives: April 2013

Evaluation of Merit in the 21st Century

Faced with an impossible task — ranking and comparing the potential and/or performance of students — that may not even be worthwhile to evaluate, our educational system has developed practices that are inaccurate at best and downright dangerous at worst.

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Risk-Taking and Feminism: The Limited Entrepreneurial Education of Girls

I stumbled on this article about slut-shaming fatigue and a particular point stood out to me and sparked some other ideas. Create the Same Mistake-Friendly Culture for Girls that Boys Already Enjoy. In our culture boys — who are represented

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Is Ed Tech Sexy Yet?

There is plenty of buzz around Ed Tech; there is SXSW Edu, Startup Weekend Edu, and of course Sal Khan’s face plastered all over business and tech publications. But why is the field still full of horrendously designed websites, incomplete

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