Recent content by BenjaminRosenzweig

Here's my second draft... 10 Problems with American Education & How Schools Can Fix Them 1. Too Much Emphasis on Literary Analysis, Not Enough Career Research and Analysis The typical four-year high school English curriculum consists almost entirely of studying fictional literature as a...

Agreed, what a school might be able to do is offer integrated courses like Engineering & Algebra, Economics & Algebra, Computer Science & Algebra and Operations Research & Algebra. Students could pick which course they wanted to take based on their individual interests. Ideally, someone like...

I'm merely expressing my opinion on how I believe how a school should be run, just as any other entrepreneur would express how he believes any type of business should be run. I should probably rename the article "10 Problems with American Education & How Schools Can Fix Them". I'll also include...

I'm about to write the tenth section about using Khan Academy as well as math software in-school so that students can learn math at their own pace, which has proven wildly successful in the hundred or so schools that use it so far. As for Connecticut switching all their public schools, or even...

The government does not own private schools... And what you're basically referring to is a Sudbury school. They're already out there.

9. Students Are Not Being Encouraged to Pursue Any Level of Self-Education You would think that in school, at least half of what a student reads would be books, essays and articles that he or she chooses to read based on his or her own unique, individual interests. But alas, most students have...

Once again, Stossel nailed it... :cool:

This school got the right investors and the right parents. I'm sure I could as well once I have my MBA and an adequate business proposal. I'm still working on my bachelor's in Business Administration so that won't be anytime soon. But in the meantime, I'll continue to study education and improve...

Why would it require a complete free-market in education? There are still private schools that can innovate. Just look at Sudbury schools, they're certainly innovative! Though I personally believe a little bit more structure combined with a fair amount of in-school self-education would be...

Okay, I just met my friend's new girlfriend and somehow we got on the topic of global warming. I made this one point... she was speechless. It was like I just told her that up was down and down was up: "We've been burning fossil fuels for over a hundred years now and yet there's been no...

"As far as pre-college schools are concerned, I would change the format and have them operate more like colleges. Stop treating kids like babies and forcing them to be watched 24/7. Have them go to school 2 days a week, and demand they study the rest of the week, like they would in college. If...

Private schools, as well as charter schools are far more likely to be to receptive to innovation. However, I'd like to promote innovation in both private schools and public (i.e. government-run) schools. In particular, I would like to persuade some public high school teachers and college...

You think it holds the reader's hand a little to tightly from one point to the next? Haven't I identified 10 specific problems? 1. Too Much Emphasis on Literary Analysis, Not Enough Career Research and Analysis 2. Students Are Not Asked to Study Current Events 3. Students are Not Studying...

Okay, but if you were sending your child to a private high school would you want him or her to take a course in Career Research and Analysis? And would you like him or her to study opposing viewpoints on public policy? Would you want him or her to take any courses on literature?

I don't disagree with you but if you were sending your child to a private high school, what type of curriculum would you choose? Would you choose a school that only teaches a Libertarian world view or would you like him or her to study opposing viewpoints as an integral part of their social...