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TOP IDEA: Bret Buchanan http://crookedtimber.org/2010/03/10/whats-the-point-of-having-a-philosop... -- What good are philosophy departments? We teach people how to think. It's one of the few departments which don't focus on facts, but are interested in higher-order cognition and analysis. It also -- hint hint -- makes us great employees.

Bret Buchanan http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?pagewanted=1 is an interesting article on what educators can do to help their students. In short, it praises the effects of using data to see what effects it has on ensuring student success. Educators in all fields can learn from this.