Category: education
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We are seeking an experienced consultant to help develop and implement a comprehensive curriculum for our School of Entrepreneuring (6th to 12th). The role will initially focus on development of our 6th grade curriculum. School background Our school’s success will be judged by our ability to deliver on 1 outcome: Cultivating capable leaders. A leader…
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Harvard’s number of undergrads hasn’t grown in 40+ years. Their endowment has grown 67% in the last 10 years. Why aren’t the “smartest people in the world” increasing access to their ‘world class education’ with all these resources?
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Henry Rowan was an MIT grad who decided MIT didn’t need more money. Absolute legend.
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Have you ever seen a strider balance bike? They’re bikes where kids move along Flintstone style with just their feet and without pedals. They advance themselves by just pushing off with their feet (what’s called “striding”). This teaches them mastery of the most important part of riding a bike which is balance. Once they have…
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What would you do if you saw your mother running with a football? This is a passage from one of the best books about leadership, teamwork, and motivation I’ve ever read… …and surprisingly, it’s about a high school football team The book is Chasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football the De La Salle Way…
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It’s perhaps weird to say a book about sports and data changed my life. It’s even stranger when that book is about baseball — a sport I have near zero interest in watching but which I admire deeply for its relentless desire and ability to use data and technology to innovate and look for an…
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As we develop The School of Entrepreneuring, we’re trying to see what works so we can learn from them. The bad news is that most of it is well-intentioned but hot garbage. The entrepreneurship taught in most middle and high schools is akin to teaching someone how to ride a bike via lecture. It’s theoretical,…
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I interviewed 53 middle school teachers to understand where they spend their time Surprised that only 30% is on teaching I’m trying to determine where AI/tech might provide them leverage Thought this might be of interest to entrepreneurs in/around education so sharing here
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Schools should NOT exist to train children to be compliant and conforming employees and consumers. Education should help develop students into independent-thinking explorers, leaders and problem-solvers.
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Alexander the Great’s tutor was Aristotle Soon, every kid will have their own personal Aristotle as evidenced by this video of Sal Khan with his son. Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem study revealed that 1-1 tutoring is way more effective than traditional classroom instruction Students tutored 1-on-1 performed 2 standard deviations better than those who learned…
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❤️ I freakin’ love this 🚀 A new Dallas high school is dedicated to entrepreneurship The 1st floor has 15 retail shops where students learn how to run a business We need more schools where learning is: * experiential* project-based* inter-disciplinary The traditional “sage on a stage” lecture followed by “cram. exam. erase” tests don’t…
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Grade inflation is the worst, most cancerous type of inflation in the USA right now.
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The book that has caused the most arguments b/w my wife and I is “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (highly recommend) I believe our kids should not go to college and have used lines and arguments from this book with her Notes: 1. The book’s thesis is actually not advocating against college 2.…
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A quick market analysis We got a fast-growing and seemingly large market here with very little investment funding and deal activity Odd. I’ll dig in and suggest some reasons why that’s the case First, what market? The alternative education market This is education models like homeschooling & microschooling The market is growing quickly in the…
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