Education Fraud
A COUPLE OF DOZEN WAYS IN WHICH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS A FRAUD Fraud: deceit, trickery, cheating, intentional deception *The high school graduate should be able to assume that his diploma means he is ready for college, if that is to be his path. Unfortunately, it does not; college readiness is a totally different matter. […]
Some Interesting Data
Woven throughout these numbers, for the few who care to drill down on their political analysis, are implicitly many of the reasons for the stunning level of support for Presidential candidate Trump. The affluent liberal media and think tank elites of both coasts seem to have completely missed the multiple emotional connections, the angst that […]
Undocumented Students
Many undocumented/first generation/minority students come from countries which have highly structured national education systems. In contrast, the American system can fairly be labeled as chaotic. There are significantly different – and confusing — roles with respect to funding and accountability at the federal, state, and local school district levels. Specifically with respect to the topic […]
Bernie’s Diner: On-line Education
“Learning takes place when you are OUT of the comfort zone; the networking and live-action conversations are so important.” Warning: this essay wanders more than a bit, so here for the impatient reader is the conclusion: there are no longitudinal metrics available to readily determine whether on-line higher education is en route to being a […]
American Leadership
For nearly a decade, my foundation has had a Wall Street Committee, typically consisting of a half-dozen members. There is a live portfolio of about $75,000 at this time, one-third in cash and two-thirds in common stocks. Some 14 well-known American companies are represented, virtually all of whom derive substantial percentages of their business from […]
Fearless Forecasts
In 1992, I left a great job on Wall Street and, having raised a bunch of money, established a foundation to provide “educational assistance to financially disadvantaged young people.” My new must read became Education Week, whose typical subscriber probably has jaundiced views about my prior life. What is not in dispute in the world […]