Thoughts on education
I've been on lj over 20 years now, and I've had lots of thoughts on education [also, I was posting stuff on marypat.org in longer form from 1996 - 2002; I've also written a lot at the Actuarial Outpost on this subject - RIP, Actuarial Outpost [November 2020]]
So this post is simply to amass posts as I find them, and categorize them. I am defining "education" very broadly here. I may be linking to some friends-locked posts, and will note that when I link. Some of these posts may need to be moved around for better organization.
All are from 2012 Dec:
Day 1 - The Gift of Tongues
Day 2 - Learn History with Bob
Day 3 - Learn with Udacity
Day 4 -- KHAAAAAAAAAAAN
Day 5 - EdX and OCW - MIT education for free
Day 6 - Lectures on CD/DVD
Day 7 - YouTube!
Day 8 - Helping Those Who Can't Read
Day 9 - Free Audiobooks for All!
Day 10 - More Free College Courses
Day 11 - Learn to Code
Day 12 - THE MUSEUM OF MATH!
My thoughts for starting schools, business related to education
2008 Apr: Market opportunity in education
2001 Sep: PAMSatHome ... an idea that didn't go anywhere [yet]
2007 Sep: Continuing professional ed, kinda
2005 Sep: Starting a school
Responses to Charles Murray
Charles Murray has written many op-eds on education in the Wall Street Journal, mainly, but I had several posts responding to a three-part series back in January 2007
2007 Jan: On college as screening tool
2007 Jan: Teaching wisdom, aka No Child's Ass Left Unkicked
2007 Jan: Somewhat related - working very hard
2007 Jan: Obligation of the elite
Gifted education/IQ stuff
2007 Jan: Letting kids go faster than normal - also maybe make geeks more objects of envy than ridicule? The role model issue.
2007 Aug: Gifted children getting the shaft
2005 Aug: Distribution of IQ, men v. women
2005 Aug: More on IQ distribution
2008 Aug: Education v. credentialing
2008 Aug: Coaching the gifted child
2006 Aug: Experts are made, not born
Math education
2021 July: The best way to reduce math knowledge inequality is to actually teach math
2021 April: On removing "accelerated" options in math - Virginia & California
2020 November: "Hey, we've got a NEW idea for teaching math!!!"
2018 Sept: Stratifying Math Classes is Colonialism
2018 Sept: Teaching Social Justice Instead of Math is an Injustice
2006 Feb: Annoyed at math-deficient reporter
2008 Aug: Links on the crap state of math education
2001 Aug: What should be taught
2006 Feb: Cathy Seipp on high school math requirements
Online education
2012 Jan: MITx and bringing together a lot of older thoughts on education
2009 Aug: Govt version of OpenCourseWare
2008 Nov: Higher education, lower cost
2007 March: Fave podcasts
Females and math and science
2018 Sept: Differing standard deviations give some people the vapors
2018 Feb: Women & STEM -- Comparative Advantage: How Does It Work?
2015 Jun: Women and STEM academia fix: Be Professional
2012 Jul: Awesome Idea: Cut Down on Number of Men in Science
2009 Nov: Math and Science: SEND CHICKS
2009 Nov: Affirmative action for men in college
2008 May: Women and sci/tech
2007 Nov: MATH NEEDS CHICKS
2009 Jan: Science needs chicks: a rebuttal
2006 May: Title IX in education
2006 Apr: I find integrals and proofs so intimidating
2006 Oct: Sex distribution by major
2008 Mar: Why aren't more women in math 55?
2008 Jul: Science Needs Chicks, Take 999
2006 Sep: I'm glad I'm not in academia
2005 Jan: Larry Summers, part 1
2005 Jan: Larry Summers, part 2
2010 May: I lose my patience over gender equity awareness seminars [note: adult language]
2004 May: Women's mags [not really related, I just like this post, and I do get a hankering for women's mags from time to time]
Actuarial education
2007 Jan: Advice to ambitious people in stacking up exams in one sitting
2009 Feb: Difficulty of actuarial exams vs. regular school exams
College Education
2012 Dec: Academic Mismatch Due to Affirmative Action: How to Handle
2012 Feb: Unbundling the package deal
2008 Aug: For most people, college is a waste of time
2011 Nov: China to shut down unproductive programs
2011 Dec: Dim future for colleges in South Korea due to demography
2004 Mar: Choosing a college
2004 Jun: Brand name schools
2003 Jan: Minimum age for college should be 21
2011 Jan: More on that minimum age for college
Uncategorized for now
2011 Jan: Superiority of Chinese mothers
2010 Jan: The end of homework
2007 Aug: Other people's thoughts on education
2009 Sep: Learning styles: there's no such thing
2006 Mar: High skill?
2005 Jan: Purpose in undergrad liberal arts?
2005 Mar: Classical liberal arts
2004 Apr: Studying languages
2004 Oct: Comment on Yale
2003 Aug: They never consider that they might suck at thinking
2006 Feb: Education is productive - self-identification
2007 Feb: Class action sex discrimination suit against Walmart - the topic seems unrelated, but I connect to a grad school admissions study
2011 Mar: Following up on the Walmart case - cross-posting links from POWIP
2006 Nov: Who says college kids are smart?
2005 Sep: A homeschooling blog in NYC
2005 Nov: Physics Nobel laureate on improving physics education
2002 May: On meeting people much smarter than I am
2002 Apr: A little on teaching
2002 Mar: A non-manifesto on education
1994 Jul: Some thoughts on education when I was in Japan
2006 May: The freedom to fail
2007 May: What is the purpose of universities?
2001 Jun: Intelligence v. education
2008 Apr: Teaching in college is not for some people
2007 May: Disabilism
2007 Apr: A woman saying other women should work more
2007 Feb: Thoughts on praising kids
So this post is simply to amass posts as I find them, and categorize them. I am defining "education" very broadly here. I may be linking to some friends-locked posts, and will note that when I link. Some of these posts may need to be moved around for better organization.
All are from 2012 Dec:
Day 1 - The Gift of Tongues
Day 2 - Learn History with Bob
Day 3 - Learn with Udacity
Day 4 -- KHAAAAAAAAAAAN
Day 5 - EdX and OCW - MIT education for free
Day 6 - Lectures on CD/DVD
Day 7 - YouTube!
Day 8 - Helping Those Who Can't Read
Day 9 - Free Audiobooks for All!
Day 10 - More Free College Courses
Day 11 - Learn to Code
Day 12 - THE MUSEUM OF MATH!
My thoughts for starting schools, business related to education
2008 Apr: Market opportunity in education
2001 Sep: PAMSatHome ... an idea that didn't go anywhere [yet]
2007 Sep: Continuing professional ed, kinda
2005 Sep: Starting a school
Responses to Charles Murray
Charles Murray has written many op-eds on education in the Wall Street Journal, mainly, but I had several posts responding to a three-part series back in January 2007
2007 Jan: On college as screening tool
2007 Jan: Teaching wisdom, aka No Child's Ass Left Unkicked
2007 Jan: Somewhat related - working very hard
2007 Jan: Obligation of the elite
Gifted education/IQ stuff
2007 Jan: Letting kids go faster than normal - also maybe make geeks more objects of envy than ridicule? The role model issue.
2007 Aug: Gifted children getting the shaft
2005 Aug: Distribution of IQ, men v. women
2005 Aug: More on IQ distribution
2008 Aug: Education v. credentialing
2008 Aug: Coaching the gifted child
2006 Aug: Experts are made, not born
Math education
2021 July: The best way to reduce math knowledge inequality is to actually teach math
2021 April: On removing "accelerated" options in math - Virginia & California
2020 November: "Hey, we've got a NEW idea for teaching math!!!"
2018 Sept: Stratifying Math Classes is Colonialism
2018 Sept: Teaching Social Justice Instead of Math is an Injustice
2006 Feb: Annoyed at math-deficient reporter
2008 Aug: Links on the crap state of math education
2001 Aug: What should be taught
2006 Feb: Cathy Seipp on high school math requirements
Online education
2012 Jan: MITx and bringing together a lot of older thoughts on education
2009 Aug: Govt version of OpenCourseWare
2008 Nov: Higher education, lower cost
2007 March: Fave podcasts
Females and math and science
2018 Sept: Differing standard deviations give some people the vapors
2018 Feb: Women & STEM -- Comparative Advantage: How Does It Work?
2015 Jun: Women and STEM academia fix: Be Professional
2012 Jul: Awesome Idea: Cut Down on Number of Men in Science
2009 Nov: Math and Science: SEND CHICKS
2009 Nov: Affirmative action for men in college
2008 May: Women and sci/tech
2007 Nov: MATH NEEDS CHICKS
2009 Jan: Science needs chicks: a rebuttal
2006 May: Title IX in education
2006 Apr: I find integrals and proofs so intimidating
2006 Oct: Sex distribution by major
2008 Mar: Why aren't more women in math 55?
2008 Jul: Science Needs Chicks, Take 999
2006 Sep: I'm glad I'm not in academia
2005 Jan: Larry Summers, part 1
2005 Jan: Larry Summers, part 2
2010 May: I lose my patience over gender equity awareness seminars [note: adult language]
2004 May: Women's mags [not really related, I just like this post, and I do get a hankering for women's mags from time to time]
Actuarial education
2007 Jan: Advice to ambitious people in stacking up exams in one sitting
2009 Feb: Difficulty of actuarial exams vs. regular school exams
College Education
2012 Dec: Academic Mismatch Due to Affirmative Action: How to Handle
2012 Feb: Unbundling the package deal
2008 Aug: For most people, college is a waste of time
2011 Nov: China to shut down unproductive programs
2011 Dec: Dim future for colleges in South Korea due to demography
2004 Mar: Choosing a college
2004 Jun: Brand name schools
2003 Jan: Minimum age for college should be 21
2011 Jan: More on that minimum age for college
Uncategorized for now
2011 Jan: Superiority of Chinese mothers
2010 Jan: The end of homework
2007 Aug: Other people's thoughts on education
2009 Sep: Learning styles: there's no such thing
2006 Mar: High skill?
2005 Jan: Purpose in undergrad liberal arts?
2005 Mar: Classical liberal arts
2004 Apr: Studying languages
2004 Oct: Comment on Yale
2003 Aug: They never consider that they might suck at thinking
2006 Feb: Education is productive - self-identification
2007 Feb: Class action sex discrimination suit against Walmart - the topic seems unrelated, but I connect to a grad school admissions study
2011 Mar: Following up on the Walmart case - cross-posting links from POWIP
2006 Nov: Who says college kids are smart?
2005 Sep: A homeschooling blog in NYC
2005 Nov: Physics Nobel laureate on improving physics education
2002 May: On meeting people much smarter than I am
2002 Apr: A little on teaching
2002 Mar: A non-manifesto on education
1994 Jul: Some thoughts on education when I was in Japan
2006 May: The freedom to fail
2007 May: What is the purpose of universities?
2001 Jun: Intelligence v. education
2008 Apr: Teaching in college is not for some people
2007 May: Disabilism
2007 Apr: A woman saying other women should work more
2007 Feb: Thoughts on praising kids