On Wednesday afternoon I was invited to a discussion at Dayton Public schools about the idea of letting students (primarily grades 7-12) bring their own laptops, tablets, e-readers to school. Dr. Melson, their head of IT led the presentation where I learned that by Dec. 31st all Dayton Public Schools will be completely wired with Read More
We now do a lot of teaching to the test. Making sure that kids can pass tests created by private companies to gauge achievement. It’s a huge racket. We spend billions on tests, test prep and the time wasted in our already short school year. The same people who make the tests, make the textbooks, Read More
While it’s admirable that Congress just woke up to the spiraling costs of college text books, the first place to make the switch isn’t at the college level, it’s at the elementary level. The second part of the equation is that if Ohio wants to be a leader in forward thinking education- it’s not by Read More
While I’m lucky to have 20 or so people engaged in a discussion online, being a celebrity presidential candidate with a 100 million dollar plus budget gets a lot of attention. So when Senator Obama asks a question on the business social networking site LinkedIn- he gets a lot of great feedback: LinkedIn: Answers: How Read More
The old proverb goes, give a man a fish, he eats today, teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime. Yesterday, I taught a kid to fish. When I’m your congressman, I plan on teaching every American child how to fish and I’ll share the secret: it’s a $10 billion dollar investment Read More
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