On-line education: The future of higher education

Lower down on the board there is a discussion of education. In one of my posts I mentioned parallels between Trump and the fascist dictators of WWII, mainly that they had high approval ratings by their followers before their demise. She stated she didn't know about WWII. Assuming she is an adult, what does that say about our educational system? ...

Communism, by the way, is not really a type of government — communism describes a future classless society which results from socialism. There has never been a communist human society… yet… Because the word “socialism” is often abused by the major media-outlets, it is hard to explain the idea behind socialism without clearing the table by emphasizing what socialism is not: Socialism is not a type of government Socialism is not sh ...

A Texas lawmaker is launching an investigation after a teacher reportedly invited female students to dress up in Islamic garb and told then told her classroom they should call Muslim terrorists – freedom fighters. State Sen. Dan Patrick, chairman of the senate education committee, told Fox News he is very disturbed by the photograph as well as reports that students were exposed to a story that blamed Egypt’s turmoil on democracy – rather than the Muslim Brotherhood. “Parents ar ...

This woman needs to go back where she came from. Miami is it? Link ...

I just came across this Fox graphic and thought some of the posters on this board might find it interesting. Oh, my goodness. Interesting. Fox's own takeaway is that the more educated the citizens of a state are, they voted for Obama. ...

And what is her crime? She wants poor and disadvantaged children to have the same opportunities for a good education that others have. Vouchers that follow the children to the school of their choice, thereby funding good schools so they can take more children instead of perpetually pouring more and more and more money down the drain with failed schools. Imagine that we decided tomorrow that reliable personal transportation was a right. It's not inconceivable. ...

This is fairly long, takes 5 minutes, but it is needed. Immediately after the election... He and Musarrat talked about what to do. He began investigating a job in Dubai. He spoke to his brother in Florida, an investment adviser, who had received a fax after the election that read, “Get the f--- out of my country you Muslim pig,” and was moving to Canada. Musarrat kept thinking about the time after Sept. 11 when a man had chased her with a baseball bat, yelling about her headscarf. ...

Its a global system now. The US was always the best. What happened? Any insight? 08:56 AM CST on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Nick Anderson, The Washington Post After a decade of intensive efforts to improve its schools, the U.S. posted these results in a new global survey of 15-year-old student achievement: average in reading, average in science and slightly below average in math. Those middling scores lagged significant ...

Note how the heading has changed from Health Care Reform to include "Education" in the Act. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/03/18/section.analysis.pdf ...

Carl Paladino on Eric Holder on Tape: "F*** Him". This ocurs at around 2:10 into the video, linked in the article as blue-bolded "cut". This guy just keeps stepping in deeper and deeper doo-doo, all of his own making. ...

Dems wasted their time for the 24 hours against her. I'd also like to know since when is a filibuster a "talkathon?" It was always a filibuster before. They blocked the voting process yesterday and spoke all night and into this morning before the vote.Again, DeVos made it with VP Pence's vote to break the tie. i find the Dems to be quite disgusting but at least they're showing their true colors, backed by the Teacher's Unions. Too bad they care more for the votes instea ...

See link http://www.inquisitr.com/4358151/most-republicans-have-negative-view-of-colleges-and-universities-new-poll-finds/ ...

and the US. Funny and well written! http://search.barnesandnoble.com/used/product.asp?EAN=2695707373342&x= ...

Here's one link, but there are many. And I'm sure the education pension funds will not be the first or the last. The voice of money. An eye for an eye. ...

"...fundamental scientific truths are agreed upon by the vast, overwhelming majority of scientists who study those particular fields, because of the vast, overwhelming evidence in those particular fields supporting them. It's important that we teach this to young students, as well as how to understand what constitutes real evidence as opposed to ideological zealotry." "If you live in Texas, however, that necessity is under a real threat." http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/ ...

Most of them rely on knowledge clouds drifting across the Pacific, perhaps from an Asian mystic who wears lots of colorful beads. The mystic has brought them deep understanding of economics, governance, military affairs and especially science. It inspires bold words on most topics. LEONARDO DeCAPRIO's self-declared climate expertise enables him to speak on the world's environmental issues with a high-school education. He never took a college biology, chemistry, physics or clima ...

Valentine show: Heard discussion yesterday that 2 years free college would destroy the established colleges, as everyone would go to the first 2 years for free and there would be no freshmen or sophomores. Also that these people would not be prepared and many would fail and it would be a waste of money. Interview included a public school administrator suggesting that the problem is K-12 and not P-14. (He said that Obama's proposals for pre-K and 2 years free junior colleg ...

Georgia Tech. On line. That's 1/6 of its current price. Also, note the article on the left, "Are You Competent? Prove It."This discusses awarding degrees based on what has been learned -- rather than "seat time" in classrooms, another big way to cut the costs of college. This is a political issue, and Obama is involved up to his sticky-outy ears in trying to hurry needed changes along, including ideas such as 6-year high schools that graduate students with associate degrees. ...

Michelle Obama's new initiative includes encouraging kids to go to college, "whatever it takes." That's our gal. :) FT “She just could not have done this four years ago,” said Catherine Allgor, a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, who has written books about first ladies. “If she came out of the gate with something much more tied to policy, she would have been shot down. Just look at the reaction to her suggestions that people eat salad. ...

Teachers, parents encouraging children to miss class and "protest" the recent election. "There will be no repercussions" - Oh yes there will be repercussions, but we won't see them for awhile. These are school kids, most of whom can't spell "protest" and who couldn't begin to tell you what they're protesting about except to regurgitate the garbage they're being spoon-fed (and they can barely manage to do that without stumbling over the words). These are kids wh ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsowW9YSLaw&feature=player_embedded ...

75% of those signed up now have higher premiums, says the Cleveland Clinic. So who are you going to believe? Link ...

"As discussed here, four Massachusetts hospitals now must cope with having thousands of patient records discovered in a public dump. And these records contain vital private information such as SSNs, health details, phone numbers, etc. In other words, everything required to have one’s identity stolen. Also, highly private personal medical details which could be harmful if disclosed in the wrong context. Already, overseas transcription services have been the basis for medical records extorti ...

This is what the new insurance fee means...I'm not printing the whole thing. it's up to all of you to read the article. I know another poster started this post, but I'm adding to it. Later on, the article says it phases out in 2017 unless Congress, with lawmakers searching everywhere for revenue....decided to extend it. What is the rule on taxation? When a new tax comes into being, it never goes away, just gets larger? So, with Obama wanting HIGHER TAXES on the wealthy ...

The stock market always does better under a Democratic administration. Very nice. My 401k is loving these last few years after the horrible beating it took due to the Iraq war. Not complaining. Those who lost loved ones lost what was important, of course. ...

The GOP would have walked away with this election if it hadn't alienated Hispanic and other minority voters. Minorities are key to the future of the GOP. Birth rates of hispanics alone are above the national average, but per Pew Research, the GOP is 90% white. From the Associated Press, "...that's a problem for the GOP. Steep racial divisions this year that put overwhelming numbers of minority voters in President Barack Obama's camp mean the Republican Party must ...

If you haven't already seen this guy's blog post, it states pretty much what I think the GOP needs to think about if they want to re-build their party into a future winner in the presidential election. (The only thing I would have added is "women's issues.") This blog post definitely hits on some of the reasons I've switched from Rep to Dem in the past several elections. ...

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