Working On My Book About Education–So Please Take A Look At These Interesting Posts From Other Bloggers

I haven’t disappeared.  I’ve just been focusing on writing my book (The World Is Your Campus, to be published by Random House in spring of 2009) about creative ways to get an outrageously relevant global education that doesn’t cost a fortune. 
I’ve had some great interviews the last couple of weeks and I’m putting together all kinds of [...]

Ed in ‘08 Promotes Two Million Minutes on YouTube

I checked in with Bob Compton a few days ago to see how things are going with Two Million Minutes, the education documentary he produced. 
Bob told me that now that he has partnered with Ed in ‘08 (a nonpartisan project promoting Strong American Schools–watch the short video on the home page!) to promote 2MM, he and the [...]

Negotiating In Business: Why Indians Rule

There’s been a lot of talk about why the people of India seem to be so good at math, science and engineering.  There’s also been a great deal of discussion about why many Indians have become outstanding entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. 
Tim Ferriss, the author of The 4-Hour Workweek, has a post on his [...]

ED In ‘08 To Sponsor Screenings of Two Million Minutes

Bob Compton has made a deal. 
The executive producer of the controversial education documentary, Two Million Minutes, has partner with ED In ‘08, a nonpartisan campaign for Strong American Schools. 
ED In ‘08 will sponsor screenings of the film across the country beginning in January of 2008.
Barack Obama was the first presidential candidate to see the film.  I’m delighted that [...]

Missing PISA Scores: Oops! We Forgot To Include China and India!

Sometimes the truth hurts.  And sometimes the truth is buried in colorful charts that happen to have glaring omissions.
Bob Compton, the executive producer of the education documentary, Two Million Minutes, posted on his blog about the recent release of test scores collected by PISA–Programme for International Student Assessment.
You can read about the US scores (brace [...]

Barack Obama Is The First Presidential Candidate To Screen “Two Million Minutes”

Bob Compton, the executive producer of the education documentary, Two Million Minutes, just posted on his blog about Senator Barack Obama’s screening of the movie. 
Nice photo of the two of you, Bob! 
 Senator Obama is the first of the presidential candidates to see the film.  Let’s hope that ALL of them take the time to see [...]

Going Global: The Time For National Education Standards Has Passed

Bob Compton, the producer of the education documentary, Two Million Minutes, has a blog in which he is posting about the publicity and responses to the film as well as other education-related news. 
In a recent post, he addresses the hullabaloo about state and national standards for education and creating and implementing testing in order to [...]

Two Million Minutes To Be Screened In Palo Alto, California

The buzz about American education is about to get a lot louder.
The education documentary, Two Million Minutes, will be screened at the landmark Aquarius Theater in Palo Alto, California next Wednesday, December 5th at 7:30 pm. 
Present at the screening will be Bob Compton, the film’s executive producer, along with Tim Draper, managing director of Silicon Valley [...]

Searing and Insightful: Bob Compton’s Thoughts on Harvard Grad School Response to Two Million Minutes

Bob Compton is frustrated. 
He’s shaking his head over the reaction to his documentary, Two Million Minutes, by Harvard graduate students during a recent screening.
I’ve already mentioned this in a previous post, but over on Whitney Tilson’s blog, Bob really lays it out.  You’ve got to read it. 
The key piece in Bob’s missive:
Candidly, I don’t think [...]

Neil (the American Guy in Two Million Minutes) Shares Some Comments

Over on Matt Tabor’s education blog, Neil Ahrendt, the American guy featured in the film Two Milion Minutes, responds via the comment box to those who examine his choices:
It’s interesting seeing so many people analyze my life to a much deeper extent than I ever have, but I will say you’ve pretty much summarized the popular [...]