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Make the Rubble Bounce

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I have stated from very early in the history of this blog that America’s public education system is responsible for the mess we’re in right now, and that it cannot be “reformed.”  (See the posts on the left sidebar under “Education.”)  The phrase I’ve used is “Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.”

I’ve been challenged on that, asked “What do we replace it with?”  I think this guy has figured it out.  Worth your 20 minutes.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDo5YVRmCB8?rel=0&showinfo=0&vq=hd720]
Edited to add:

Here Dr. Mitra talks about what he did with the TED prize money:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtUl2CP8ak?rel=0&showinfo=0&vq=hd720]
Also worth your time.

Who Could Have Seen This Coming?

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Near ‘Collapse,’ Minnesota to Raise Obamacare Rates by Half

Minnesota will let the health insurers in its Obamacare market raise rates by at least 50 percent next year, after the individual market there came to the brink of collapse, the state’s commerce commissioner said Friday.

The increases range from 50 percent to 67 percent, Commissioner Mike Rothman’s office said in a statement. Rothman, who regulates the state’s insurers, is an appointee under Governor Mark Dayton, a Democrat. The rate hike follows increases for this year of 14 percent to 49 percent.

Oh, yeah. We did.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdnY8r7_fLw?rel=0]