Anand Sanwal

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  • The Proof Economy

    Grades and GPAs are dead currency. In the Proof Economy, your kid’s future depends on one thing: what they’ve actually built.

    April 14, 2025

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    education
  • Enrichment Program Directory – My New Side Project

    My new side project is Enrichment Program Directory, a comprehensive listing of STEM programs in NY and NJ.

    April 2, 2025

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    education
  • Education in 2040. Not 1940.

    We forgot to define the goal of education. Here’s what the 4 goals of education should be.

    April 1, 2025

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    education
  • Why Schools Need to Move Away from Subjects

    Subject-based learning is is not designed to maximize learning or create innovative thinkers. It is about compliance.

    March 31, 2025

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    Curriculum, education
  • Why Schools Shouldn’t Teach Current Events

    News is the Coca-Cola of information – mental junk food we force-feed students. Learn why teaching current events harms education and why historical pattern recognition creates truly informed thinkers.

    March 29, 2025

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    Curriculum, education, family
  • Why Your Kid’s YouTube Dreams Are Smarter Than You Think

    Why kids’ YouTube dreams aren’t shallow—they’re rational adaptations to a changing economic landscape.

    March 7, 2025

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    Curriculum, education
  • The My First Million MBA: High School Entrepreneurs Edition

    Timeless marketing advice from Sam and Shaan given to 3 high school entrepreneurs.

    March 4, 2025

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    business, education
  • The Path Not Taken: The 50 Most Economically Disastrous College Majors

    The 50 college majors that guarantee decades of debt and disappointment.

    March 3, 2025

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    education, learning, Universities
  • Math that Matters: The Case for Probability over Polynomials

    Probability & statistics should replace calculus as the focus of high school math education, offering students immediately useful skills for understanding risk, detecting misleading claims, and making better decisions in an increasingly data-driven world.

    February 27, 2025

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    Curriculum, education
  • The Houston ISD experiment: The good, the bad and the TBD

    Houston’s controversial school reforms are working. But is success worth the cost? A balanced look at America’s most ambitious education experiment.

    February 10, 2025

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    education
  • Money lessons without money: The financial literacy fallacy

    Financial literacy without real-world money experience is as ineffective as teaching swimming with PowerPoint slides. A critical look at classroom finance education.

    February 6, 2025

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    Curriculum, education, learning
  • Why schools fail teenagers

    We’ve built an education system that actively fights against how teenage brains work, then wonder why students disengage.

    January 28, 2025

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    Curriculum, education
  • Sensitive periods & sensitivities (Montessori class notes)

    Sensitive periods are defined as crucial stages in child development (0-6 years) when children are particularly receptive to acquiring specific skills or knowledge

    January 22, 2025

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    education, Montessori
  • Independence & interdependence (Montessori class notes)

    Humans are unique in their ability to adapt any environment to meet their needs, rather than being limited to specific environments

    January 22, 2025

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    education, Montessori
  • Art of observation (Montessori class notes)

    Observation’s aims are to understand/respond to children’s needs and identify/remove obstacles to development

    January 14, 2025

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    education, Montessori
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