Whether you believe him or not, I agree that many activities can be taught more efficiently than they are currently.

Quoted: Is it possible to get good at swimming late in life? Yes. (Photo: Shutterhack) Swimming has always scared the hell ...

Really interesting piece arguing in favor of sending kids to school a little younger, rather than a little older... The slight difference can make a big difference in the long run, in some cases.

Quoted: At what age should children go to kindergarten? At what age should your child go to kindergarten? What if these questions appear to have different answers?

Published in Times Higher Education (UK). A diatribe by a former instructor at Harvard.

Quoted: the sedulous banality of the rich degrades teaching into a service-class preoccupation whose chief duty is preparing clients for monied careers

Quoted: Berea College, which charges no tuition and only accepts applicants from low-income families, provides an unusual perspective on how universities should handle endowments.

Quoted: A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source?

This is exactly the right thing to do.

Quoted: Greg Mortenson has spent less than one-ten-thousandth as much as the Bush administration to help fight terrorism in Pakistan. Instead of blowing things up, he builds schools.

I caught him and Prof. Penning on CSPAN the other day too. Nice to see him getting big attention after being at the forefront of research in this area for so long. He's also a very cool guy, and is no doubt enjoying all this.

Quoted: Recently, reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today have sought the opinion of Calvin professor of political science and director of the Paul B. Henry Institute, Corwin Smidt.

Quoted: For the first time since the New Deal, the percentage of mainline Protestants who identify as Democrats is the greater than the percentage who identify as Republicans.