Monthly Archives: April 2011

Why the Mad Biologist Is the Punditiest Pundit EVAH: The Ezra Klein Edition

Posted on April 27, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Catching up to the Mad Biologist on the whole Rockefeller Republican thing. And why it matters.
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Intervening in the Lives of Students Who Are Poor

Posted on April 27, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Joe Nocera gets it right about education.
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Posted in Education | 2 Comments

Links 4/26/11

Posted on April 26, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you.
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Regarding the Ph.D. Glut, Nature’s Heart Is in the Right Place, But They’re Not Following the Money

Posted on April 26, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Nature doesn’t get it: neither research universities nor funders see the glut as a problem-they’re too dependent on the status quo.
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Posted in Career Stuff, Education, Funding, NIH | 11 Comments

Links 4/25/11

Posted on April 25, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Last day of vacation. Links for you.
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MA State Commissioner of Education Confuses Evaluation with Personnel Management

Posted on April 25, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Why economic segregation requires fundamentally overhauling the incentives for teachers–who seem to be performing extremely well with the current incentives–escapes me.
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Posted in Education, Fucking Morons, Massachusetts | 4 Comments