What really makes a good school “good”?
“Most people want their kid to attend a good school. A lot of parents are willing to pay a premium for this. People who care about education tend to be well-educated themselves, or grew up with parents who cared about education. This education leads to a higher average income, which gives parents a choice to live in more expensive, more desirable towns…”
Are fisheries management programs too passive?
“It’s important to know what population densities are, but ocean and inshore systems are so dynamic that small changes like a decrease in freshwater river input to a bay, a new, warmer water species adapting to a more northerly habitat, or a prime predator moving into a new area, can have huge impacts to a large ecosystem. When you consider all these unpredictable factors influencing a large system, modeling for the future is almost impossible…”
Why is There an Average Increase in Commute Times?
“…When employers started using the internet to advertise positions, it automatically increased the geographic area of potential candidates. Now, a job searcher could look for jobs in a wider area than just flipping through their local paper to see what’s available.”
Changing the way employers search for candidates
“…The current system encourages quantity over quality- applicants can send out as many applications as they have time for, thus adding to the heap of resumes that employers and recruiters have to sort through.”
Is Oyster Aquaculture Preventing Wild Oysters From Returning?
“…The initial reason people started cultivating oysters was because the natural population was depleted, and the current regulatory structure ensures that aquaculture will continue indefinitely as the main conservation measure for oysters.”