New York’s implementation of the ESSA accountability system has produced a bureaucratic quagmire worthy of Orwell, Dickens or Kafka.
Could ranked-choice voting help improve our democracy?
Maine’s 2018 congressional election provides tantalizing evidence that ranked choice voting could help improve our democracy.
Can groups make better decisions than smart individuals?
Research at MIT has identified three factors that correlate to a group’s collective intelligence.
Be the hero of your own story
Will you emerge from an unexpected trial with regret or satisfaction? To be the hero of your own story, anticipate these inevitable tests. Readiness is all.
No, the world is not going to hell in a handbasket
The kindness of Claudia and Federico, the proprietors of the B&B Posada Karut Josh in El Calafate, Argentina, has compelled me to abandon my growing cynicism about the state of the world.
94 year old Marcel Remy will inspire you
94 year old mountain climber Marcel Remy will inspire you as he scales the Le Miroir d’Argentine, a 1500′ high, mile-long limestone face in the Swiss Alps.
Day hiking in Torres del Paine National Park
We recently spent a week day hiking Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, Patagonia.
Argentina’s Glacier National Park
We head to Argentina’s Glacier National Park after a week of day hiking Chile’s Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.
How the NYS Ed Department distorts school performance
The New York State Education Department’s accountability system distorts school performance in absurd ways and with perverse results.
What changes are coming to New York’s school accountability system?
There are significant changes coming to New York State’s school accountability system now that the US Department of Education has approved the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan.