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Schools repealing ChatGPT bans.
This NYT article discusses a few public school districts who have done an about face on their earlier bans of the technology. “Administrators say they are simply taking a pragmatic view: Students will need to learn how to prompt chatbots […]
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On aristocratic tutoring.
The language is casual, but the ideas and reasoning are sharp. “It’s no secret that school sux. It’s not that tutoring is good, it’s that mechanized schooling is really bad. If we got rid of formal 20th century K-12 education, […]
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Startup SchoolHouse offers great schools—anywhere
They recently closed an $8 million funding round. “Our goal was to start with a few teachers, start a couple of micro schools and grow gradually over time. Then covid came along and we rapidly set up schools for over […]
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Teaching is emotionally rewarding only if your students want to learn
Funding unmotivated teachers and students at low rank schools is a bad idea, says this article. “More important, at the margin, we are sending people to college who do not belong there. This is demonstrated by low graduation rates as well […]