Dr. Jim Taylor

Will Technology Save Public Education?

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2013-09-23T09:25:54-07:00 September 23rd, 2013|Categories: Education|Tags: Bill Gates, cognitive skills, drop-outs, high school graduation rates, income inequity, iPad, James Heckman, PISA, poverty, public education, Race to the Top, subsidized lunches, technology, TIMSS|0 Comments

There’s no doubt that technology is the new “panacea du jour” for public education in America today. Hundreds of millions of dollars (and much more on the way) are being spent on getting iPads and other tablets into the hands of teachers and students all over the country in classes as early as kindergarten. This [...]

Early Childhood Education Has a Big ROI

Back in 2011, I wrote a blog post arguing that early childhood education was far more important to positive outcomes for poor children than current efforts to reform public education once kids get to elementary and secondary school. A recent commentary in the New York Times by James Heckman, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from [...]