There are two major complaints about the status of employment in the United States – unemployment is too high and too many jobs are being outsourced overseas. These are major concerns that hit close to home for many of us – almost everyone knows someone that has recently been unemployed for a long stretch against their desire. But how does this relate to a company that provides 10 to 15 year olds a fun introduction to computer programming? Econ 101 If [...]
Do schools encourage creativity? They may try, but are they are not very effective. Here is a better question – can schools come up with a way to measure creative progress? Is there such a thing as “imagining and creating at a 6th grade level” as there is for “reading and writing at a 6th grade level”? If there was, it would probably have an inverse relationship to the reading scale – you are more creative in kindergarten than in high [...]