What Education Can Learn from eCommerce and Business

There’s tons of folks who think education should be run like a business from the financial end.  I disagree with this, mainly because education is essentially long term research and development of new citizens, and doesn’t have an easily qualifiable Return...

Solving Problems, Designing Solutions

I have been a big fan of IDEO for a long time.  IDEO is the famous design firm, well known for its design of innovative products, ranging from Apple’s mouse to the Swiffer and beyond.  In the new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum on...