More Equity - Competitiveness. Per this debate about high-and low-achieving students, Secretary Spellings was asked about it the other day:Q. The No Child Left Behind law has been criticized for focusing attention on struggling students at the expense of high achievers, who many say are most likely to keep the nation competitive. How do you answer that concern?A. I say…
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A conversation on creative capitalism. There is a very interesting conversation going on between some very noted individuals at this new blog. It started with this Davos speech by Bill Gates. Ed Glaeser has joined in to support it somewhat while economists such as Steve Landsburg, Richard Posner, Gary Becker and others are doing the typical economist thing and wondering…
HECS-style for parental leave. According to ABC News, HECS architect, Bruce Chapman has finally released his proposal for paid parental leave using an income-contingent loan (through CEDA). His baseline idea, which I have endorsed many times, is that parents will be given income support during maternity leave in the form of a loan that will be paid back through the…
The State of Victoria's Young People. The state of Victoria's young people reports on how young people aged 12-24 are faring against the whole-of-government government outcomes framework, ... [Central Ranges LLEN News]
2008 August 1st Total Eclipse in Google Earth. Just a week before the 2008 China Olympics, there will be a total solar eclipse occurring on the first of August which crosses China, Mongolia and central Russia. The best web resource I've found on eclipses (solar and lunar) is by Xavier Jubier. Here is his web page with all the details…
Climate Engineers - Who are the Architects?. Listening to the current debate about fuel prices, excise, GST on fuel, pricewatching, etc etc, I wonder [and hope] when the conversation will really turn to the mid [let alone] the long-term future? Where are those who are often ready to tell us about the power of markets and the signals they send?…
Does Your Network Have a Public IP Address?. I pose the question in the headline based on early feedback of readers of my new book, Take Control of Back to My Mac, which covers using Apple's Leopard plus .Mac (soon MobileMe) service for remotely accessing files and remotely controlling the screen of Macs you manage or own. The trouble with…
Photographer Documents Secret Satellites -- All 189 of Them. BERKELEY, California -- For most people, photographing something that isn't there might be tough. Not so for Trevor Paglen. His shots of 189 secret spy satellites are the subject of a new exhibit -- despite the fact that, officially speaking, the satellites don't exist. The Other Night Sky, on display at…
Who owns your comments?. Last week, in the rush of news and new features in NewsJunk.com, I got an email from Daniel Ha, the guy who develops Disqus, the commenting software we use at Scripting News. I say "we" because it very literally is a we thing. When you place a comment on my blog, you're adding something to the…