The GSV Big 10: The View From the Caboose
The Parent Revolution, Eat the Elite and Vandy is Dandy
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The Education Revolution Is Here and Parents and Children Are Winning | Civitas Institute
And not a moment too soon. Academic results for the Nation as a whole are not just abysmal but dangerous. We are for multiple choice options, including pathways that lead to (high paying) blue collar work. Tax credits, ESA’s, micro-schools, charters, home school and private schools can only make the system more competitive.
Math crisis began a decade ago and has only worsened, report says | Los Angeles Times
It’s the Pandemic’s fault is becoming a lame excuse for why students are doing worse when they were already doing bad. Roughly 4 in 10 eighth graders are below proficiency in Math. Math being cumulative, don’t expect the results to look better by 12th grade. Sadly, the gains that had been achieved for girls, low income students, Blacks and Hispanics has vanished.
Our friend Jeff Selingo makes the case that going to an elite college doesn’t guarantee life success and that there are many paths to career victory. The view from the caboose shows some advantage to graduates from elite schools, if I was to project the brand equity damage that’s been happening, having an Ivy Degree 20 lbs more to carry up the hill.
American students are getting dumber | Slow Boring
So we’ve beaten the dead horse for how bad the Nation’s Report was released September 9th and this article has a number of ways that people interested can slice and dice some more, which come up with the same dismal/depressing message. Here is the stunning statistic, while 12th graders just recorded the worst reading results since 1992, 90% of parents think their own kid is at grade level or above.
A look at trends in college consolidation since 2016 | Higher Ed Dive
For an industry which has had remarkable tailwinds for hundreds of years, it’s not so much a bed of roses anymore for the 4500 or so colleges and universities that exist in the United States. Tuitions, which grew at 2.5X inflation for 50 years, has felt pressure. The number of high school graduates has shrank. Most problematic, the given that college was a great investment is being challenged by the reality for recent college graduates.
Vanderbilt Eyes National Expansion | Inside Higher Ed
Nashville is certainly one of the hottest cities in America and Vanderbilt might be the hottest university. Not only is its 5-0 football team led by QB Diego Pavia turning national heads but its aggressive expansion plans and its strategic Chancellor are all the buzz in education circles. Building a $520 million campus in Palm Beach makes statement, so does going into NYC and California. Chancellor David Diemeier isn’t going along to get along, he’s looking to win on every level.
ChatGPT Doesn’t Cause Brain Damage. Academia Does. | Pirate Wires
It was headline news when the sensational MIT Research came out that concluded ChatGPT was harmful to our brains. Turns out, not surprisingly, that the research was flawed and wasn’t as scientific the affiliation with MIT would suggest. Limited pool of students in the study, no peer review, and human nature’s desire to want to hate change all contributed to an imperfect process. Definitely worth reading full report.
Start-Up Culture Comes to K–12 Accreditation | Education Next
Michael Horn is one of our favorite pundits on the education industry and he identifies some friction in the ESA boom. Accreditation agencies, as former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “is often a watchdog that doesn’t bite.” However, lawmakers fearing abuse have created a system where the established players have advantages over the upstarts who often face a massive amount of red tape. Help is on the way with new initiatives and realization that status quo is over.
4 in 5 hiring managers say high schoolers not prepared for workforce | K-12 Dive
84% of hiring managers say high school graduates aren’t ready to enter the workforce. Moreover, 80% say that recent high graduates are less prepared than the previous generation. The answer? 94% of hiring managers say high schools should teach more business courses. Smelling an obvious opportunity, the College Board has come out with an AP Business Course.
🎙️ Ep. 55 · Fernando Zulueta, President of Academica | Ed on the Edge
Fernando Zulueta is founder and CEO of Academica, an innovative global education organization. Academica serves more than 200 charter schools in 22 states.
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The Exponential Enterprise… AI and the Flourishing Workforce | GSVTV