A very innovative and dynamic choice by French President Emmanuel Macron who crowns the young Minister of Education Gabriel Attal as prime minister, author of a recent ambitious school reform based on discipline and meritocracy
Ruocco also distances herself from Beppe Grillo and approaches Meloni: the crazy "one is worth one" rule has finally become a heresy, but a little too late
INTERVIEW WITH GIAMPAOLO GALLI, economist and co-author of the book on "Economic growth and meritocracy" - "One cannot fail to notice the contradiction of those who, like FdI, asked for less powers for Europe during the electoral campaign and are now calling for the intervention of the …
INTERVIEW WITH ROGER ABRAVANEL, business consultancy guru, director emeritus of McKinsey and essayist - "Ours is a country that does not like the values of merit, competition and the aspiration for excellence, but if our economy has been at a standstill for…
The "per Merito" loan, initially launched for university students, is now being extended to the younger ones: a loan without guarantees, with long repayment times and low interest rates.
In the book "Questions of merit. 10 proposals for Italy", published by Guerini and goWare, Maria Cristina Origlia tells - with a preface by Antonio Calabrò - 10 stories of Italian economists, scientists, intellectuals who have built their brilliant…
Public and private workers united in the fight for a real reform of the contractual system but enough with the hypocrisies: if the cost of living in the North is higher than in the South, even the salaries of state workers must bear it…
Those who scream the most against the Buona Scuola are the most unqualified teachers who fear any evaluation, the Pasdaran trade unionists and the praetorians of demagogy like Grillo and Fassina but, despite all its limitations, the reform breaks…
For the first time, a government introduces mechanisms and above all funds (200 million) into schools to reward the merit of teachers: this is the crucial point of the reform approved yesterday by the Council of Ministers, which - together with the 100...
FROM THE BLOG ADVISE ONLY - The Nordic countries are in first place in meritocracy while we are the rear. The ranking of merit rests on pillars such as freedom, equal opportunities, education, rules, transparency. Here is the Meritometer calculated by…
After 8 years, the contract of agents and sales representatives was renewed in the last few days with an important novelty: the financial indemnity which is triggered when the clientele and/or turnover grows - Other rules to clear up the dispute -…
MARCH 8 OF THE TOP MANAGER - According to Patrizia Grieco, executive chairman of Olivetti, the career of women in the company is still difficult but there is one more hope than in the past: playing everything on meritocracy - Gender equality…
The Bicocca University of Milan has provided economic incentives to reward the talent of students, regardless of economic condition - And similar initiatives are spreading in other Italian universities, naturally without forgetting support for needs which, however, are not…
Grillo and Ingroia rave about the school, but the electoral programs of the Pd (held back by the conservatism of the CGIL) and PDL on the problems of education and research are also largely disappointing - Only on the Monti agenda does the conception of training emerge as a lever…
INTERVIEW WITH ROGER ABRAVANEL - "Meritocracy is not imposed by law: its enemies are Italian-style capitalism, trade unions and short-sighted politics - Two misunderstandings to overcome: meritocracy should not be confused with the war on recommendations and…
More than the duration of the timetable, the problem of today's school is that of the professionalism of the teacher and the effectiveness of a system mortified by low quality and the absence of meritocracy - The lesson of Pearson's research - Italy fluctuates between …
It is absurd to take age as a criterion for selecting the ruling class because, as the famous Carlo Cipolla said, cretins are equally distributed by age group and by category - The real problem is that today there is no social elevator for…
