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Update: he finished in the top decile of 4th grade, which is equivalent to a median high school senior.
This says more about K-12 expectations than my 7yo!
Rethinking education is not about public versus private, it's about personalized learning versus everything else.
Matt Griswoldx.comA 52-year-old Navy SEAL was accepted to Yale and expected to find “snowflakes” and “safe spaces.”
Instead he found it was the people who mock college students who are sheltered, brittle, and close-minded.
Worth a read, and consistent with my experience.
https://t.co/gBKKD0I7bY
Alexander McCoyx.comRight through middle school Sam was a good but not great student, defined mainly by his disinterest in whatever his teacher was saying. “I was obedient in that I wouldn’t do shit I wasn’t supposed to do,” said Sam. “But I wouldn’t necessarily do shit I…
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
The state of our education schools should be seen as a national embarrassment—one that harms the entire world, since the world looks to the US for policy guidance.
This is from 1961. Education schools have never, ever been good, and we've turned a blind eye for generations. https://t.co/gNjtkxfJFH
His goal was to turn the ratio of time he spent talking to time the students spent talking on its head.
Christopher Bugaj • The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!
Worthwhile, if heated, conversation that shows the sort of "talking past each other" that goes on in education debates.
Teachers have seen wave after wave of reformers come in with bright new ideas that leave messes and fail to change much. Some adopt a defensive crouch in response: people don't understand... See more
A very well written piece, regardless of your view of ESAs. Worth an hour of your time over coffee.
"After spending eighteen minutes creating a tutoring company for the ESA marketplace, I began advertising my educational services to microschools around the state. Refresh Learning Center was the only one to reply. (In... See more
Adam Peshekx.comThe ideology varies, at times, for subsequent generations but each of public schools’ greatest proponents sure are intent on *imposing* their values on all.
Excerpt from Social Ideas of American Educators:
It is clear [Horace] Mann’s social and educational philosophy was opposed to romantic... See more
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