Michigan covered its grades and the internet answered in a day. Some replies were careful, most were not, and nobody could tell them apart. That is a market failure with a Nobel Prize behind it. It explains why good arguments go unread, why I chose to argue without standing anyway, and what anyone with an audience can do about it in about a minute.
Michigan will stop recording first-semester grades to help students explore and to curb a mental health crisis. The pressure is real. The evidence says grading is not what made it, and the university kept the measure for itself.
Every day, millions face important choices. They see what appears to be equal options. They rely on intuition. Here’s why we keep picking the wrong door
With 25 Million in Crisis, Why are our leaders blaming the wrong people? Why restricting H-1B visas won’t solve American college unemployment, but structural education reform might
Yes, you read that right. It’s worth repeating: America has a talent crisis. We are in a war that we are losing, and don’t even know we are fighting. Read on for the facts that surprised me about the competition betwen the USA and China.
That’s right, I am using four questions that decide what deserves my time. Here’s what it did for me and why you need a system too.