More bright 17-year-old pupils are to be fast-tracked to university rather than staying in school for another year, under a Scottish Government blueprint that prompted...
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League tables showing the performance of English secondary schools in A-level and equivalent qualifications at more than more than 3,000 schools have been published...
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An Insightful Life
Claude Shannon is one of my intellectual heroes.
His MIT master’s thesis, submitted in 1936, laid the foundation for digital circuit...
Can you imagine a young James Harden, dreaming of a future NBA career, saying “I’m just going to wait until I get to college to start playing basketball”? What...
One of the most important things that everyone should do before choosing a career is to look into their chosen field in great detail. This should include the bad and the...
As a parent, and a parent college coach, any program that offers affordable test prep for students deserves a “look see”. When I was approached by UWorld to help get...
As a parent, and a parent college coach, any program that offers affordable test prep for students deserves a “look see”. When I was approached by UWorld to help get...
When Writing is More than Writing
As a professor who also happens to opine publicly about productivity, I’m often invited to stop by dissertation bootcamps — a...
Contemplating the Importance of Contemplation
Franklin Foer has a new book coming out this week. It’s titled, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big...
Kevin Kelly and the Amish
Eight years after dropping out of college to wander Asia, Kevin Kelly returned home to America, bought an inexpensive bike, and made a...
