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There are likely many, many definitions of what "maximizing learning" means. And that drives different approaches to education. Not "whether education should seek to maximize stude…

When was this? "Startup" suggests recent, but aloha shirts have been the most common outfit downtown every day of the week (except for maybe lawyers in court) since the nineties at…

Really curious where those numbers come from. Do you have a link you can share?

It's not though. Give ten kids from the same class a self study online course and give another ten a private tutor, and they won't see the same score distribution. Where's the sign…

Probably the most common pro-SAT take I see is: "I wouldn't be where I was today without the SAT, so therefore it must be a good thing." Which is fine. What _is_ narrow sighted is …

Nit: I don't know that it changes the point, but 0.01% of 8B is 800K.

Factually accurate is the lowest bar to clear.

I built one of those Wordle clones that made it into the app store. Built it mostly to see how long it would take me to do it with flutter (it didn't take long). The app doesn't co…

The comments on these articles seem to generally come out in favor of standardized testing (specifically the SAT). I find that interesting because college admissions seemingly gene…

> Bikeshedding is... Frequently statements which start like this also, unintentionally, tend to be great examples of bikeshedding themselves.

Of the two other responses to this thread, one recommends "don't be a jerk" and the other recommends "complain enough". I wonder if there just isn't a negative feedback loop here (…

Is there an appetite for something like an instagram/snap, but closed/paid/private? I'm working on something _similar_ for the education, but I also use it for my extended family. …

Conversely, would it be different for a 16yo? What about 15yo? Or 12yo?

Those FAQs/Facts are amusing. > Myth: Law enforcement officers deployed concussion grenades resulting in the grievous injury to a protester’s arm. > Fact: Law enforcement has at no…

Reductio ad absurdum: I would like to own my own [nuclear weapon], please.