A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
These are the 3 countries that still do not use the metric system.
As a reminder, these are the three countries who don’t use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A!
Continue reading… “Three Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System”
American classrooms lag behind Europe and East Asian nations.
What’s in the future for elementary and secondary schools in the United States? American classrooms need extensive reform because they lag far behind Europe and East Asian nations in international testing surveys, such as the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA), conducted every three years by OECD (Organization of Economic and Co-operative Development). PISA questionnaires – given world-wide to 15-year-olds in Math, Science, and Language – indicate that USA pupils test “below average” in all three subjects. Here’s my prediction of what we’ll be seeing in USA ‘s schools in the next 10-20 years:
Continue reading… “Six Education Predictions for K-12 in the U.S.”
“Our life is frittered away by detail …. Simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau
Ever have one of those days?
Run a day late on a credit card payment, and you’re dinged a $39 late fee.
Miss a traffic sign on our way across town – right in front of a cop – and get dinged another $150.
Continue reading… “The simplification mandate – Surpassing the complexity threshold”
