Education
To me, what’s happening with teaching reading looks very much like what has happened with teaching writing, namely that we reduce something complex, human, and necessarily messy, to something smaller, discrete and oversimplified so it can be tested and measured, in order to provide comfort that we’re making “progress.”
We are courting a phenomenon... See more
We are courting a phenomenon... See more
John Warner • We Need to Make More Readers
I know plenty of literate adults who can decode words, but who also appear to be lousy readers.
John Warner • We Need to Make More Readers
Generative AI is explored for educational simulations. The prototype PitchQuest uses AI agents to provide personalized learning experiences, practice pitching skills, and offer feedback in a scalable manner.
LinkAll I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten*
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Fast food model of education kills creativity and room for play.
Yet imagination is the source of every form of human achievement.
What if Everyone Could Multiply Their Potential by the Power of Their Peers?
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The purpose of education is to develop agency within a child. Purposeful work and achieving mastery are tools to getting there. They aren’t the results of learning and imagination, it’s the other way around—learning is simply the consequence of doing. To understand this is to understand the ecology that fosters genius and talent.
Simon Sarris • School Is Not Enough
