Education
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The Great Repricing of the College Degree
The college wage premium remains substantial, but has declined sharply since 2022. Generative AI may be part of the explanation, but it is not the whole story.
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Admissions Standards Ration Scarce Resources
Mismatching students and institutions can hurt the very students such policies intend to help — while squandering scarce faculty talent on remedial math.
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Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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America’s Public Schools Have an Empty-Desk Problem
Chronic absenteeism is soaring. The government school monopoly has few incentives to change.
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Univ. of Michigan’s Hidden Grades Will Backfire on Students
Hiding student grades may sound compassionate, but it will weaken an important signal of merit and push employers toward less transparent ways of sorting applicants.
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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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Competition Comes to College Admissions Testing
Texas has expanded college exams beyond the SAT and ACT, creating competition that rewards rigor.
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Half of Students Now Get A’s, But Actual Achievement Is Declining
Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement.
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‘Guns Versus Butter’: Tracing the Dark Origins of a Classic Economic Model
The phrase’s apparent origins in Nazi Germany — and its grim use during the 1930s and 1940s — highlight a basic truth: prioritizing guns over butter ultimately imposes the cost of lower living standards on ordinary citizens.
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Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.
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The Great Repricing of the College Degree
The college wage premium remains substantial, but has declined sharply since 2022. Generative AI may be part of the explanation, but it is not the whole story.
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•
Admissions Standards Ration Scarce Resources
Mismatching students and institutions can hurt the very students such policies intend to help — while squandering scarce faculty talent on remedial math.
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•
Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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•
America’s Public Schools Have an Empty-Desk Problem
Chronic absenteeism is soaring. The government school monopoly has few incentives to change.
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•
Univ. of Michigan’s Hidden Grades Will Backfire on Students
Hiding student grades may sound compassionate, but it will weaken an important signal of merit and push employers toward less transparent ways of sorting applicants.
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•
What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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•
Competition Comes to College Admissions Testing
Texas has expanded college exams beyond the SAT and ACT, creating competition that rewards rigor.
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•
Half of Students Now Get A’s, But Actual Achievement Is Declining
Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement.
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•
‘Guns Versus Butter’: Tracing the Dark Origins of a Classic Economic Model
The phrase’s apparent origins in Nazi Germany — and its grim use during the 1930s and 1940s — highlight a basic truth: prioritizing guns over butter ultimately imposes the cost of lower living standards on ordinary citizens.
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•
Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.