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Steve Levitt

@StevenDLevitt

dad, economist, @freakonomics co-author, @center4risc co-founder, podcast host @mostlyadmiring
Joined July 2020
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Steve Levitt @StevenDLevitt
I had a great time speaking with the @BigBrainsUC Podcast about my work in economics, the importance of #DataScience in making decisions, and some of our ongoing projects at @center4risc!
Big Brains Podcast Verified account @BigBrainsUC Oct 19, 2023
Having trouble making a different decision? Prof. @StevenDLevitt says don't overthink it—and just flip a coin. The @UChicago scholar talks about his innovative research, the success of the @Freakonomics book and #podcast, and his unique spin on #economics. ms.spr.ly/60199x6c5
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Steve Levitt @StevenDLevitt
16 states have managed to introduce #DataScience basics to K-12 students without issue, yet a controversy erupted in CA with their math framework.
I wrote to @FortuneMagazine why I think the 3-year debate over math seemed to miss the forest for the trees: fortune.com/2023/10/13/fre…
fortune.com Freakonomics author: 'Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense' | Fortune California's new math framework has ignited a row over whether data science should be taught in schools. The debate makes no sense, writes Steven Levitt.
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Data is the new oil! Every student should learn some data science before they graduate high school.

@ZarekDrozda, who is helping lead the effort @dsforeveryone I helped launch at UoC, just wrote this piece for @hechingerreport
The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport May 2, 2023
OPINION: The world is changing fast. Students need data science instruction ASAP hechingerreport.org/opinion-the-wo…
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