Eric Fruits' Blog

A personal blog about this and that.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Posted by Eric Fruits at 6:36 AM

No grade inflation here: U.S. teacher education programs get mostly failing grades; Oregon university joins the Wall of Shame

A sure-to-be controversial report says that teacher education programs at U.S. universities operate in "an industry of mediocrity"...
Oregon Business blog: Lessons learned from Oregon state and local technology failures

Cover Oregon’s fizzled launch has been a high profile disaster for the state. After spending $160 million, Oregon’s health insurance excha...
Oregon Tax Court dings a challenge to the Portland Arts Tax

The Oregon Tax Court has nixed a challenge to the Portland Arts Tax. The court ruled a lawsuit arguing that the tax violates the state&#...
Silly statistics in the wealth inequality debate: The Undercover Economist strikes back

You may have heard that Oxfam is promoting its report that says the richest 85 people in the world have more wealth than the bottom 3.5 bill...
Old home truths about how the world works

From No Statistics, no mischief: A modest proposal for the new Fed chairman : Stripped of his numbers an economist would have to resort to...