tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184360462024-03-06T23:05:11.772-08:00Why HomeschoolMission statement: On this blog we explore why homeschooling can be a better option for children and families than a traditional classroom setting. We'll also explore homeschooling issues in general, educational thoughts, family issues, and some other random stuff.Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger6289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-77628686294581057652024-02-14T13:27:00.000-08:002024-02-15T08:22:57.979-08:00Ted talk - How to make learning as addictive as social media<p> Luis von Ahn explains why and how he helped develop Duolingo:</p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P6FORpg0KVo?si=0lu_d8_1jUHFj4eL" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-35304302922166972952023-12-31T13:10:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:10:14.324-08:00Happy New Year<p> We how everyone had a wonderful Christmas.</p><p>And we wish you the best in the new year.</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-39246953823158378342023-11-23T12:45:00.000-08:002023-11-23T12:45:08.841-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<p> We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-14074150981493389792022-12-29T20:59:00.000-08:002022-12-29T20:59:01.097-08:00Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year<p> We hope everyone had a good Christmas.</p><p>And we wish you the best in the New Year!</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-66364530266832228842022-06-28T12:46:00.000-07:002022-06-28T12:46:04.768-07:00Arizona gives parents choice in where their chidlren go to school<p> This is good news.</p><p>https://redstate.com/carcand/2022/06/28/arizona-secures-the-biggest-school-choice-victory-in-u-s-history-n585353</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-86642289721629376252022-01-06T21:42:00.001-08:002022-01-06T21:42:10.360-08:00Happy New Years!<p> I hope everyone had a good Christmas and best wishes for the new year.</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-11111484378295633252021-11-10T10:24:00.005-08:002021-11-10T10:24:43.380-08:00Let Parents Choose<p> I like John Stossel's <a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2021/11/10/let-parents-choose-n2598840">column on school choice</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-34814375781778238422021-08-03T13:59:00.003-07:002021-08-03T13:59:47.662-07:00More data on how homeschooling is growing<p> <a href="https://kdvr.com/news/problem-solvers/number-of-students-being-homeschooled-in-colorado-more-than-doubles/">Number of students being homeschooled in Colorado more than doubles</a> starts with:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of families opting to homeschool their children is on the rise.</p><p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the rate of households homeschooling reached 11% by September 2020. Six months prior, only 5.4% of families were registered for homeschooling.</p><p>In our state, the latest data from the Colorado Department of Education shows the number of students homeschooling more than doubled last year to 15,773. In 2019, only 7,880 students were being homeschooled.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-71995076543232338482021-07-27T10:08:00.000-07:002021-07-27T10:08:07.224-07:00Percentage of children being homeschooled has doubled through Covid!<a href="https://justthenews.com/nation/states/homeschooling-rise-after-covid-19-pandemic">Just The News reports</a>:<div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div>The percentage of children being homeschooled in the U.S. has nearly doubled since the start of the COVID-19, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div>The number of students increased from 5.6% in March 2020, to 11% in Sept. 2020, according to the most recent bureau report on the issue, released in March. </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div>Prior to the pandemic, roughly 3.3% of U.S. households homeschooled children. </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div>Black households saw the largest increase. Their homeschooling rate rose from 3.3% in the spring of 2020 to 16.1% in the fall according to the report.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>This is great news!!!</div>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-65580384604245697002021-04-05T08:21:00.002-07:002021-04-05T08:21:32.866-07:00Students do better when parents have more choices<p> <a href="https://www.joannejacobs.com/2021/04/free-to-choose-and-learn/">In Free to choose -- and learn</a>, Joanne Jacobs reports on a study which found that:</p><blockquote>
"The more a state provides parents with the freedom to choose their child’s school the better the state’s students score on the National Assessment of Education Outcomes (NAEP)," writes Patrick Wolf on Project Forever Free.</blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit">Instapundit</a></div>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-17868867739357839882021-02-17T11:10:00.003-08:002021-02-17T11:10:47.881-08:00How big will the parent revolt be against teacher unions?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It will be interesting to see where the parent backlash against the teacher unions goes. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parents are pushing harder to have their children taught while teachers claim special privileges. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is not clear to me why teachers think it is OK for hospital and grocery store workers to go to work, but some how schools are a death trap.</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="flr6v" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="background-color: white;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="color: #2d3436; direction: ltr; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0">David Catron's column <a href="https://spectator.org/school-reopening-teachers-unions/?utm_source=LibertyNation">The Coming Parent Revolt Over School Reopening</a> reviews several issues on opening of public schools and concludes with:
</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="color: #2d3436; direction: ltr; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0"><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div data-block="true" data-editor="flr6v" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="background-color: white;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="position: relative; text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;">The parents are experiencing this callous attitude first hand. As Liesl Hickey reports in USA Today, some are preparing to sue teachers unions in Arizona, California, Illinois, and Virginia. If teachers don’t go back to work, there will be many more such lawsuits. If that fails, it’s time to start firing teachers. In the end, the inflexibility of the teachers unions is a function of its individual members. There is no significant risk associated with in-person instruction. The teachers know it, and the science proves it. Most importantly, the parents know it. If teachers remain intransigent and the Democrats acquiesce in their obstinance, parents will certainly revolt at the ballot box.</span></span></div></div></blockquote><div data-block="true" data-editor="flr6v" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="background-color: white;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1da4f-0-0" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="flr6v" data-offset-key="9uekb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #2d3436; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9uekb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3tv25-0-0">Hat tip: </span><span class="ig9Cs" data-offset-key="3tv25-1-0" style="color: var(--color_brand);"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></span></div></div>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-55800016433886395972021-01-08T17:24:00.000-08:002021-01-08T17:24:54.873-08:00Teaching your children to pass the Marshmallow test<p> I like John Stossel's video on Parenting: Delayed Gratification:</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N_jakAtI0Zo" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>
If you haven't heard of the Marshmallow test, we wrote about <a href="https://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-study-confirms-marshmellow-test.html">it years ago</a>, and a <a href="https://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/search?q=marshmallow">few more times</a>.Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-78938316812518564452021-01-05T11:57:00.000-08:002021-01-05T11:57:09.023-08:00More evidence that higher education is suffering<p><a href="https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2021/01/colleges-have-shed-550000-employees-since-the-pandemic-began.html">Colleges Have Shed 550,000 Employees Since The Pandemic Began</a> has a nice chart showing a huge drop. </p><p>This line is fascinating: <b>Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-52998891215180321992020-12-25T08:48:00.001-08:002020-12-25T08:48:13.918-08:00We wish you a Merry Christmas<p> We wish you all a Merry Christmas.</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-52133682855974109572020-12-21T07:08:00.018-08:002020-12-21T07:08:00.447-08:00Around 9% of children are now being homeschooled!<p>Reason's column on <a href="https://reason.com/2020/12/18/public-schools-are-losing-their-captive-audience-of-children/">Public Schools Are Losing Their Captive Audience of Children</a> reports that:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">Homeschooling, in particular, is booming. Once regarded as a fringe choice for hippies and religious families, various approaches to DIY education pushed into the mainstream in recent decades and reached critical mass this year. An estimated 3.3 percent of children were homeschooled in 2016, up from 1.7 percent in 1999, <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_206.10.asp">according</a> to the National Center for Education Statistics. That share roughly tripled this year to <a href="https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/home-schooling-is-way-up-with-covid-19-will-it-last/2020/11">nine percent</a>, in an Education Week survey. Gallup agrees, finding that <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/317852/parents-satisfaction-child-education-slips.aspx'">10 percent</a> of children are now being homeschooled.</p></blockquote><p>I never guessed that we'd experience a 3X jump in just a couple years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-67509861114848550962020-11-26T08:04:00.001-08:002020-11-26T08:04:01.960-08:00A fun way to take care of litterThis is pretty clever:<div><br /></div>
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Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-83324748987843280192020-11-26T06:06:00.002-08:002020-11-26T06:06:00.144-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<p> I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving.</p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-91786557052340908992020-11-25T11:42:00.002-08:002020-11-25T11:42:58.645-08:00I felt a disturbance in the force - Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began<p>This is a pretty big shift in higher education.</p><p><a href="https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2020/11/colleges-have-shed-10-of-their-employees-since-the-pandemic-began.html">Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began</a> links to: <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-have-shed-a-tenth-of-their-employees-since-the-pandemic-began">Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Have Shed a Tenth of Their Employees Since the Pandemic Began</a> which reports:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>September, the traditional start of the fall semester, saw the continuation of historic job losses at America’s colleges just as they sought some return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Preliminary estimates suggest that a net 152,000 fewer workers were employed by America’s private (nonprofit and for-profit) and state-controlled institutions of higher education in September, compared with August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which calculates industry-specific employee figures. The net number of workers who left the industry from February to September now sits at around 484,000.</p></blockquote><p>It took ten months to lose 10% of the employees. To put this in perspective, it took about 11 years for the same number of employees to be hired.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how the next couple years ago. I think there is a decent chance higher education could lose another 10%, especially since people are starting to look for new ways to get an education.</p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a>. </p><p><br /></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-61585137856977808982020-10-19T10:30:00.000-07:002020-10-19T10:30:12.157-07:00Freshmen Enrollment Is Down 16% This Fall<p><a href="https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2020/10/freshmen-enrollment-is-down-16-this-fall.html">Freshmen Enrollment Is Down 16% This Fall</a> links to a <a href="https://nscresearchcenter.org/stay-informed/">post at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center</a> which reports:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
Enrollment picture worsens, with more colleges reporting data. Roughly one month into the fall semester, undergraduate enrollment is running 4.0 percent below last year’s level, and the upward trend for graduate enrollment has slipped to 2.7 percent. Overall postsecondary enrollment is down 3.0 percent as of September 24.
Most strikingly, first-time students are by far the biggest decline of any student group from last year (-16.1% nationwide and -22.7% at community colleges).</blockquote><p>That is amazing. </p><p>There was a chart with some details, breaking down the decline in enrollment by type of college and age group. Those ages 21 to 24 entering public four year colleges declined by a whopping 40%.</p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a>. </p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-37224946947049596512020-10-08T14:12:00.003-07:002020-10-08T14:12:45.387-07:00I liked Stossel's report on Private School Success Around the World<p> I think the trend to homeschooling and private school will be accelerated by Covid. </p><p>John Stossel did a good report on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxMPfY_YDsE">Private School Success Around the World</a>:</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TxMPfY_YDsE" width="560"></iframe>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-22856553369208563122020-09-17T09:13:00.002-07:002020-09-17T09:13:19.539-07:00Has homeschooling hit a tipping point?<p> Reason argues <a href="https://reason.com/2020/09/16/homeschooling-hits-a-tipping-point/">Homeschooling Hits a Tipping Point</a>. The article starts with:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>With the public school year underway nationwide—or else delayed beyond its normal start by labor actions and fearful policymakers—families getting an eyeful of what classes mean this year aren't impressed by what they see. Even as school resumes, localities across the country report that parents are pulling their kids out to take a crack at one or another approach to home-based education. Nationally, the percentage of children being homeschooled may double, to 10 percent, from the figure reported in 2019.</p><p>"As COVID-19 continues to disrupt schools in the U.S., parents of school-age children are significantly less satisfied than they were a year ago with the education their oldest child is receiving," Gallup recently reported of its survey results. "While parents' satisfaction with their child's education has fallen, there has been a five-point uptick (to 10%) in the percentage of parents who say their child will be home-schooled this year."</p><p>Aware that many schools are teaching children remotely, Gallup was careful to specify that its homeschooling question referred to children not enrolled in formal school. So the survey seems to reveal a real increase in the ranks of families taking on responsibility for the education of their own children.</p></blockquote><p>It is really exciting that the number of homeschoolers is around 10%!!!</p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-13494123633387125232020-09-09T22:38:00.002-07:002020-09-09T22:38:05.350-07:00Huge spike of new homeschoolers in Texas<p> This is exciting: <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/09/parents-withdrawing-students-from-texas-public-schools-to-home-school-increases-400-percent/">Parents Withdrawing Students From Texas Public Schools To Home-school Increases 400 Percent</a>. The article starts with:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC), which processes requests for families pulling their children out of public schools, reported a 400 percent increase in withdrawals for August leading into the 2020-2021 school year, compared to August of 2019.</p><p>The August numbers follow a record-setting month in July where their online process saw a 1,500 percent jump from July last year.</p></blockquote><p>This could be the start of a new era in homeschooling!</p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-68899888095889689042020-08-22T09:53:00.003-07:002020-08-22T09:53:44.733-07:00NHERI - article: Big Growth in Homeschooling Indicated This “School Year”<p> The National Home Education Research Institute just published an article on <a href="https://www.nheri.org/big-growth-in-homeschooling-indicated-this-school-year/">Big Growth in Homeschooling Indicated This “School Year”</a>.</p><p>Here is the summary:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The nationwide homeschool population has been growing at an estimated 2% to 8% per annum over the past several years (Ray, 2020). However, it appears that state governors’ restrictive lockdowns in response to a perceived health crisis, institutional schools’ responses, and parents’ and children’s experiences with crisis institutional schooling at home during the spring of 2020 will drive an accelerated and notable growth in homeschooling this coming school year. I have been telling the media that my conservative estimate is that there will be a 10% growth in the absolute number of homeschool students during 2020-2021 school year. If 10 percent materializes, that could mean roughly 2.75 million K-12 homeschool students during 2020-2021. Time will tell. <div> Regardless of the change in numbers, many new parents and children will be introduced to and enjoy the many benefits of homeschooling. If they take a reasonable and relaxed approach – and not try to reproduce institutional classroom schooling at home – they will experience a learning environment and educational process that includes more flexibility, parental involvement, customization, social capital, mentoring, value consistency, one-on-one instruction, tutoring, mastery learning, individualization, teachable moments, family time, calmness, safety, academic progress, healthy social interactions, and local community involvement than if they were involved in institutional schooling (Murphy, 2014; Ray, 2017).</div></blockquote><p>It will be interesting to see just how many parents take the plunge.</p><div>Dr. Brian Ray (of the NHERI) was recently on MSNBC, with some homeschooling tips in <a href="https://www.nheri.org/msnbc-and-new-homeschool-parents-dont-flip-out-and-get-stressed-relax-covid-19-tips/">MSNBC and New Homeschool Parents: Don’t Flip Out and Get Stressed. Relax. Covid-19 Tips</a>.</div>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-17141178873193083172020-08-20T16:38:00.002-07:002020-08-20T16:38:31.648-07:00Google may drive the final stake through traditional college education<p><a href="https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-plan-disrupt-college-degree-university-higher-education-certificate-project-management-data-analyst.html">Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree</a> explains: Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college.</p><p>The article starts with:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">"Google recently made a huge announcement that could change the future of work and higher education: It's launching a selection of professional courses that teach candidates how to perform in-demand jobs. </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
These courses, which the company is calling Google Career Certificates, teach foundational skills that can help job-seekers immediately find employment. However, instead of taking years to finish like a traditional university degree, these courses are designed to be completed in about six months."</blockquote><div><div><br /></div></div><div>later the article has:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">"Google didn't say exactly how much the new courses would cost. But a similar program Google offers on online learning platform Coursera, the Google IT Support Professional Certificate, costs $49 for each month a student is enrolled. (At that price, a six-month course would cost just under $300--less than many university students spend on textbooks in one semester alone.)"</blockquote><p>I assume the Google Career Certificates program will be able to scale up without too much trouble. An important concept in economics is that if other alternatives become available the demand an high priced product will drop, resulting in a push for lower prices. There are roughly about six million students in American colleges and universities. If the Google Career Certificates program takes even just 1%, traditional higher education will suffer.</p><p>Hat tip: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/395285/">Instapundit</a></p>Henry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-60987833636512247042020-07-25T08:46:00.000-07:002020-07-25T08:46:06.336-07:00CharacterI love this thought:<br />
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"Character is doing what is right when nobody is looking."<br />
J.C. Watts<br />
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