Recently Tim Ferris twittered this: What happens when you give 16,000 kids $20 to turn a profit and make a difference? This: http://ping.fm/0sReH I suggest you check it out, it's pretty cool. One kid turned £10 into £736.77 in a...
Topics: Inspiration

{"title":"What happens when you give 16,000 kids $20 to turn a profit and make a difference?","post_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/what-happens-when-you-give-16000-kids-20-to-turn-a-profit-and-make-a-difference.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/index.rdf","author":"Steli","date":"2009-04-22 20:38:30","summary":"Recently Tim Ferris twittered this: What happens when you give 16,000 kids $20 to turn a profit and make a difference? This: http:\/\/ping.fm\/0sReH I suggest you check it out, it's pretty cool. One kid turned \u00a310 into \u00a3736.77 in a..."}

Apparently, that's still how it is. On average, rich kids score way better than poor kids on IQ tests. And apparently, the big majority of people still think that this is because of genetics. That's of course a very convenient...
Topics: Education

{"title":"High IQs For Rich Kids, Low IQs For Poor Kids","post_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/high-iqs-for-rich-kids-low-iqs-for-poor-kids.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/index.rdf","author":"Steli","date":"2009-04-17 00:14:56","summary":"Apparently, that's still how it is. On average, rich kids score way better than poor kids on IQ tests. And apparently, the big majority of people still think that this is because of genetics. That's of course a very convenient..."}

Pretty much everyone that I met in Thailand that has money (the kind of money that can provide you with a very comfortable lifestyle any place in the world) is sending their kids either a) to ultra-expensive international schools in...
Topics: Education

{"title":"Good Schools For The Rich, The Rest For The Rest","post_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/good-schools-for-the-rich-the-rest-for-the-rest.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/index.rdf","author":"Steli","date":"2009-03-12 07:30:03","summary":"Pretty much everyone that I met in Thailand that has money (the kind of money that can provide you with a very comfortable lifestyle any place in the world) is sending their kids either a) to ultra-expensive international schools in..."}

Dear Supercool Friends, I am happy to announce a guest blog post by Andrey - a cheerful Supercool School enthusiast from Ukraine. This is a post in our series of guest from all around the world writting about education and...

{"title":""Generally speaking I have graduated an academy" Guestpost by Andrey Prihodko","post_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/generally-speaking-i-have-graduated-an-academy-guestpost-by-andrey-prihodko.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/index.rdf","author":"Steli","date":"2009-03-08 01:09:03","summary":"Dear Supercool Friends, I am happy to announce a guest blog post by Andrey - a cheerful Supercool School enthusiast from Ukraine. This is a post in our series of guest from all around the world writting about education and..."}

Dear Supercool Friends,following the emotional recapitulation of education from ancient Greece until today.Thank you Bleicke for this great post!---------------------------------------------- University 2.0 - The Education Democracy has arrived Education.

{"title":"University 2.0 - The Education Democracy has arrived : Guest Post by Bleicke Petersen","post_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/university-20-the-education-democracy-has-arrived-guest-post-by-bleicke-petersen.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/supercoolschool.typepad.com\/blog\/index.rdf","author":"Steli","date":"2009-01-30 01:11:08","summary":"Dear Supercool Friends,following the emotional recapitulation of education from ancient Greece until today.Thank you Bleicke for this great post!---------------------------------------------- University 2.0 - The Education Democracy has arrived Education."}