Video: Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The White House's Green-Jobs Fantasies
John Stossel: Anyone who understands basic economics already knows that President Obama's $2.3 billion green-jobs initiative was snake oil. Now, thanks to Kenneth P. Green, we have statistics as well as theory to prove it.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Michelle Malkin's Cousin Marizela Perez Still Missing
Michelle has a update with more pictures She has been missing in Seattle since Saturday and was last seen at the University District Safeway.
Updated flyer information:
MISSING PERSON
Name: Marizela Perez
Date Missing: Saturday March 5, 2011
Last Seen: 1-2 P.M. at the Safeway in University District (4732 Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105) (this is CONFIRMED)
Possible Routes: Sound Link Light Rail stations, downtown/Chinatown areas, UW Seattle campus, U-district
Description – Asian female, 5’5” tall, 110 lbs, skinny build, asymmetrical bob with short bangs and brown/red highlights hairstyle, tattoo on left inner arm with the words ‘lahat ay magiging maayos’ (Tagalog, meaning ‘all will be well’), last seen wearing a dark hooded jacket, denim jeans, light brown suede laced boots, possibly wearing green eye contacts, possibly carrying a denim drawstring bag with rainbow butterfly screenprint (not the plaid backpack that was before mentioned) with a Macbook Pro laptop, taking medication for depression
Please contact if you have any information regarding this person:
Edgar: 609 – 646 – 0905
Jasmin: 609 – 742 – 2360
Mel: 206 – 760 – 1822
Joy: 609 – 742 – 2336
Out of control gov't spending
Comments and links at Reason re Rand Paul's speech from yesterday. "We’re not even really cutting spending. What we’re talking about is cutting the rate of increase of spending. The base line of spending is going to go up 7.3 % according to the CBO. We’re talking about reducing that increase to 6.7% increase. We’re talking about cutting the rate of increase of government"
Read the whole thing.
Socialized Medicine: Theory Versus Practice
Dr. Paul Hsieh: "Nowhere is the gulf between theory and practice more clear than in socialized medical systems around the world. Why is this the case, and what can Americans learn from this?"
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