Category Archives for education

Last week I followed a link to Jenkem Magazine’s website and read HOW CORPORATIONS ARE CHANGING SKATEBOARDING AND WHY IT MATTERS. If you skate or are connected to skate culture, you should read it. The author does a great job of pointing out that when mega corporations take over skate brands, profitability is what matters, [...]

Many years ago I went shopping for an iPhone with my 7 year-old son. I wanted to see first hand how easily the device would let me read and send emails and access my web-based client management site. In the few minutes I spend waiting for a salesperson, Arthur was browsing the web, had managed [...]

If you were going to try to grow your own vegetables, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to find out that there was more to producing a crop that simply tossing seeds into the ground. Even the most novice green-thumb knows that things like soil quality and regular watering are vital to yield any crop. [...]

What happens when you give a student access to technology and allow them to think creatively about what they are interested in? Jack Andraka, invented a test for pancreatic cancer “that is 168 times faster and considerably cheaper than the gold standard in the field.” That right, a fifteen-year-old who was sitting in biology class [...]

I read two very interesting blogs this past week that deserve reflection. The first, by Dylan Matthews, published in the Washington Post, supports the idea that getting degrees beyond high school and even college is the best way to get jobs in the current economic climate. The second, by Richard Vedder, published in The Chronicle [...]

Unless you’ve been stranded on a deserted island, you’re well aware of the national debate on health care that has swept our nation.  Sadly, the issue has become polarized and too many politicians are being divisive.  No one wants to admit that health care wouldn’t be such a huge issue if people were healthier! Take [...]

It was about two years ago that I first started hearing the term “disruptive innovation.”  A disruptive innovation is a distinct improvement in a system that disturbs an existing market or system in order to usher in a new market or more modern system.  In education, the disruptive innovation that is gaining momentum is Blended [...]

Kona School receives local news spot from First Coast News. Special thanks to Mike Lyons for the coverage. Keep it up Mike!      

As if we needed another reason to avoid artificially flavored drinks and snacks, UCLA researchers have found that a steady intake of high fructose corn syrup can actually cause memory loss and reduce the power to learn. “Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery [...]

In a recent article by Sarah Lacy, Peter Thiel—co-founder of PayPal, hedge fund manager, and venture capitalist—presents a case that a college education is not worth what it once was.  The comparison is made to the housing market of 2008, which collapsed because real estate had become significantly over-valued. Thiel makes the controversial argument that [...]