Ever since the Bush administration took office in 2001, U.S. federal education departments have been moving to implement highly restrictive guidelines to federally-funded educational research. The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences backs research that makes claims of causality based on random-assignment experiments (see also the affiliated What Works Clearinghouse). This has become [...]
Archive for January, 2005
Evidence on “What Works”
Posted in general on January 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
No More Internet for Them
Posted in general on January 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Miguel Marcos and I had a brief exchange in the comment section of the following message about the value of the Mac Mini vis-a-vis other computers. One of the points that I was making was that security problems with Windows computers are making them increasingly unattractive for a lot of people. Here’s an article from [...]
Apple’s Biggest Mac
Posted in general on January 11, 2005 | 3 Comments »
I’m convinced Apple’s new Mac Mini will be the company’s most important computer since the original Macintosh. Here are just some of the audiences it will reach. Switchers: Imagine a family that bought a cheap Dell for $700 and is getting sick of viruses, security problems, hassles connecting peripherals, and all sorts of other unpleasantries. [...]
“The Story of My Life”
Posted in general on January 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
After re-watching The Miracle Worker, I got inspired to read Helen Keller’s autobiography, The Story of My Life. The book describes Helen Keller’s life from birth to the age of 21 in three parts: Keller’s own autobiographical account, a collection of Helen’s letters, and reports and letters from her teacher, Anne Sullivan. I find Helen, [...]
