Briefly Noted: Outsmarting Bill Gates
- The Khan Academy is the most popular education site on the web, and counts Bill Gates and his son as fans. Find out why.
- “It's possible the nation wouldn't be having this debate about teachers if it weren't for the work of one man—a Stanford economist named Eric Hanushek.” So begins this American RadioWorks documentary on teacher quality. Listen to see if you agree.
- It’s either a fantastic money-saving idea or an Orwellian nightmare come true: Contra Costa, California is placing “electronic monitoring devices” on pre-school kids to make attendance-taking and other tasks more efficient. Who says schools are like prisons?