Is there an app for improving America’s educational system? Will watching a PowerPoint presentation about the nation’s educational challenge help to understand the opportunities and difficulties facing the country?
Rival Philosophies, Both Compelling - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Two college dropouts, Steve Jobs (Reed College) and Bill Gates (Harvard University) have articulated theories about education. And their viewpoints are as different as are their companies (Apple and Microsoft, respectively), presenting a contrast in style and philosophy.
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Gates hopes to analyze and adjust the education system in order to produce a more efficient and effective learning environment.
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Does the Digital Classroom Enfeeble the Mind? - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Go up to any adult with a good life, no matter what his or her station, and ask if a teacher made a difference, and you’ll always see a face light up. The human element, a magical connection, is at the heart of successful education, and you can’t bottle it.
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My father would have been spat out by today’s test-driven educational regime.
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Probe one of those illuminated faces further, and you can also usually elicit memories of a particularly bad teacher.
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