Len Lipkin

Paradox of School Choice

I have been contributing to this blog for almost a month now.  From the beginning, I was reminded of a podcast that I heard almost a year ago.  The podcast was an episode of WNYC’s Radio Lab.  Radio Lab is a fantastic program that asks very interesting philosophical questions about life (the afterlife, morality, sleep, stress, time, etc.)  and tries to present a scientific viewpoint on the...

Len Lipkin

Philly Area School Statistics

Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to anything. –Gregg Easterbrook 98% of all statistics are made up.  –Unknown Statistics are like bikinis.  What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. –Aaron Levenstein Statistics can be made to prove anything – even the truth.– Unknown In case those quotes were too subtle, let me state it plainly.  I...