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Leave a CommentFirst Water Landing in the History of Commercial Aviation
Freakonomics author Steve Levitt confirms: Capt. Chesley Sullenberger yesterday completed the first water landing in the history of commercial aviation.
Want Better Schools? Hire Better Teachers
Ed Glaeser, my college economics professor:
Mindless increases in school spending will be an expensive fiasco that will generate more disillusionment than human capital….
The clearest result from decades of education research is the importance of teacher quality… Improving teacher quality has about twice the impact on student outcomes as radically reducing class size….
The first step toward improving teacher quality is to attract more talented teachers. The second step is to improve teacher selection on the job, promoting the best and encouraging the worst to help society in some other way.
Tumblr Updated to v5
Tumblr, one of my favorite up-and-coming web apps, just got updated to version 5. Tumblr is a dead simple blogging platform that lets you share anything.
Harvard Business School Turkey
Turk, the Harvard Business School turkey
Shannon and I visited Harvard Business school this fall. As we walked through the campus, we suddenly came upon a wild turkey standing outside one of the lecture halls.
Turns out she had been there for a year and the students named her Turk.
A week after we left, she attacked a local reporter and was removed from campus before she could complete her MBA.
Great Customer Service at the Four Seasons
I love it when companies put thought into the little things that make my life easier.
The valet ticket at the Four Seasons in Las Vegas is the same size as a folded dollar to make it that much easier and less awkward to hand both the ticket and tip to the valet.
