January 22, 2015 | Posted At: 02:59 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions , Technology Is Scary , The Business Of Education
Quotes: Why Schools Aren't Using Simple "Nudges" To Help Students Learn
Why aren’t schools, districts and states rushing to set up these measures? Maybe because the programs have no natural constituency. They are not labor- or capital-intensive, so they don’t create lots of jobs or lucrative contracts. They don’t create a big, expensive initiative that a politician can point to in a stump speech. They just do their job, effectively and cheaply. - UMichigan economist Susan Dynarski, in the NYT (The Power of a Simple Nudge)
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