June 2012
31 posts
The Health Care Decision, Explained in 1 Paragraph on SCOTUSblog →
theatlantic.com
Derek Thompson, theatlantic.com
In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use its pow…
How To Replace "Class Participation" With "Professionalism" (Brilliant Idea!) →
sourcesandmethods.blogspot.com
Alice (and her co-author, Dr. Carol Wellington) were facing a serious problem. Their capstone class, like many capstone classes, asked their students to pursue an independent, long term project. Despite their best efforts to keep these…
Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids →
theatlantic.com
Derek Thompson, theatlantic.com
The case for putting $20 bills on the desk of every standardized test taker
A brand new study by Steven D. Levitt (of Freakonomics fame), John A. List, Susanne Neckermann, and Sally Sadoff finds that Chicago students in low-perform…
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