In this Style Weekly article "When tests fail: Why our public education system needs to rethink high-stakes standardized testing" Tom Shields reviews why high stakes standardized assessments are killing education and creativity. The future of …
Stanford alumni create nearly $3 trillion in economic impact
Study shows Stanford alumni create nearly $3 trillion in economic impact each year. Wow, incredible. BYU should do a study like this because as of October 2012 BYU’s Rollin's Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology was ranked #3 in the nation …
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Provo City Center Temple Groundbreaking Interview
Lisa and I went to the Provo City Center Temple groundbreaking ceremony in May 2012. We were interviewed briefly afterwards. Then our interview was part of the LDS October 2012 World Conference between General Conference Sessions. …
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Young entrepreneurs can find good help without leaving campus.
"Young entrepreneurs can find good help without leaving campus." Quote from New York Times article "Got the Next Great Idea?" explains how some universities are increasingly providing entrepreneurial value to match what they might find if the same …
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Entrepreneurs are great at creating serendipity
Forbes article by Samantha Smith "University Summer Startup Accelerators Come To A Close" summarizes how several universities accelerating innovation and success by supporting student entrepreneurial efforts throughout the summer. …
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Hebrew Poetic Parallelism in Isaiah 2:17
During the summer 2012 Book of Mormon class we were studying Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon. I taught the students about Hebrew poetic parallelism. In the most basic sense, parallelism is this. An idea is expressed. It is then expressed …
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