Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110509/17331214217/dailydirt-hey-teacher-leave-those-kids-alone.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110509/17331214217/dailydirt-hey-teacher-leave-those-kids-alone.shtml

Professor X isn't a leader of mutant superheroes -- he's an adjunct professor with lots of opinions on how college students should be taught. Perhaps a liberal arts education shouldn't be a pre-requisite for certain high-paying professions anymore... [url]

Peter Thiel's foundation has picked twenty-four young adults (under 20 years old) to stop going to college. This program doesn't prevent them from going back to school after its two-year fellowship, though. [url]

Georgetown researchers have gathered up some stats on how much college graduates earn, over their expected careers, by major. Petroleum engineering, FTW! [url]

Do test scores effectively evaluate the quality of a school? Are we teaching fourth-graders how to take tests? [url]

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