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From one piece Your Kids Can Learn 10x Less in 10x Less Time! 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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The public can debate those goals, of course, but they require resources, chief among them time. Doing more stuff generally requires more time. One weird trick for saving time, more and more parents are learning, is to commit to fewer goals.
Your Kids Can Learn 10x Less in 10x Less Time!danmeyer.substack.com
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the right follow-up question whenever anyone claims they can help kids learn 2x, 5x, or 10x faster is "learn what?"
Your Kids Can Learn 10x Less in 10x Less Time!danmeyer.substack.com
9 September
From one piece How to Inoculate Yourself Against Edtech Psychosis 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Private industry has always wanted the public to subsidize its employee training and development costs.Their words
Private industry has always wanted the public to subsidize its employee development costs.
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Public patience for technology that undermines community rather than strengthening it is declining.Their words
People seem to have substantially less patience nowadays for technology that tears down rather than builds up a community.
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Edtech psychosis flourishes wherever a giant tech company's free cash flow meets education's threadbare operating budgets.
19 August
From one piece Getting Students to Share Their “Half-Formed Gray Mist” 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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One of those is a speculative bet about the future while the other acknowledges the needs of students and the capacities of teachers now.
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participants imagining that kids need something much less than they actually do or that computers can offer kids much more than they actually can.
12 August
From one piece Does Alpha School Work for Regular Kids? 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Public schools cannot select which students they admit the way a school like Alpha School can.Their words
It is also true that the public schools Price and Liemandt criticize cannot select students like Alpha School can.
Does Alpha School Work for Regular Kids?danmeyer.substack.com
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Their outcomes indicate that it is far harder to make successful students than it is to select them in advance.
Does Alpha School Work for Regular Kids?danmeyer.substack.com
29 July
From one piece Math Class Asks Kids to Become Somebody Else 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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we cannot expect other people to care innately about the things we care about deeply.
Math Class Asks Kids to Become Somebody Elsedanmeyer.substack.com
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The teacher is rewarded for getting the kid to estimate, not for getting the kid to inhabit themselves more fully.
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Students often have to set aside essential parts of themselves to succeed in math class.Their words
Students frequently feel like they have to leave essential parts of themselves at the classroom door in order to be successful in math class.
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15 July
From one piece Are You the Baby or the Bathwater? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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It is likely to diminish your school's climate, disconnect your students, and sour your parents.
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You can't one- or two- or three-shot your way to good teaching materials with AI.
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Belonging, for many students, predicts and is a prerequisite for learning.
24 June
From one piece My Screen-Free Summer School Class 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A thing got invented and its existence in the world-without denying any of its affordances-has not only failed to produce the learning gains promised by so many and instead produces evidence of negative transformation weekly.
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Kids are using generative AI a lot. And they're using it to cheat. Or if you prefer more nuance: they're using it to disintermediate the artifacts of learning (essays, answers, grades, etc) from learning itself.
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The most exciting innovations in education right now are almost entirely social and political, not technological.Their words
now that this technology has arrived, the exciting education innovations are IMO almost entirely social and political
27 May
From one piece Everyone in Edtech Should Show Their Cards 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Kids know that teachers can't easily check up on them. They come to realize their work doesn't matter and react accordingly: drifting off task, onto other tabs, and out of any state parents would recognize as "learning."
Everyone in Edtech Should Show Their Cardsdanmeyer.substack.com
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But most students benefit enormously from the motivation, accountability, and support they receive from their teachers.
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Peer relationships, not academic content, are the main reason students tolerate attending school.Their words
We also know that if you ask students "why do you put up with school?" the vast majority of them will say, "Because it's where my friends are."
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