Edumetrics Blog How Modern Baseball Could Hold The Key To Better Outcomes For Schools

Does the current state of education research have the potential to make real contributions to the art of teaching? We believe so, and it all starts with America's pastime, baseball... "Moneyball," or the use of statistics to illuminate hidden aspects of a player's ability to contribute to a team's overall success, was first put into practice in the late 1990's by Oakland A's general manager, Billy Beane. Beane and his crew of stat geeks abandoned more subjective assessments of players ("He's got broad shoulders, he'll be a great hitter!") and replaced these with judgments about a player's worth based around...