The Business Education Compact (BEC), a non-profit organization whose mission is “to bring local businesses and schools together to provide real-world, hands-on learning experiences that expand opportunities for historically underserved students,†is offering a free…
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The Issues with Outdated Education, Sal Khan, and the Mastery Transcript Consortium
- June 26, 2017
- Sticky Post
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The New Basics Today’s educational system is outdated: we cannot predict the future of the next generation; instead, we must look at the new basics for educating. As Dr. Mark Seigel says, “we must start…
 Are there other options? Dr. Mark Siegel defines ‘college admissions insanity’ and offers a different perspective on the college application process.
Resistance to Change and Following Fads Dr. Mark Siegel describes what makes change so difficult in the current educational system and why we are prone to following fads.
 Bonus Podcast 2: Dr. Mark Siegel addresses shortcomings of the letter grading system. This is part two of a two-part series.
Bonus Podcast 1: Dr. Mark Siegel addresses shortcomings of the letter grading system. This is part one of a two-part series.
For its 40th Anniversary, Smithsonian Magazine just published “40 Things You Need to Know About the Next Forty Years†If you think about education you have to think about the future.  How can we best…