On April 17, 2017, my dad passed away For the last 13 months, I worked @CBinsights and also ran his chemical manufacturing biz in India It was acquired on June 1 Lessons, thank yous and observations here https://t.co/JzxsVPTifY

Hope this is just a few invasive exceptions If not, hard to be bullish on American college grads

Since this struck a nerve, I’m starting 5-12th grade schools that don’t churn out sheep First one opens in Short Hills, NJ next year https://t.co/J55IXiprQF

Our convo reminded me of many lines from Excellent Sheep https://t.co/QHfakYzpBy

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Talked to elite school admissions officer Said every boy from east coast: 1. Does robotics 2. Has some NGO (in Asia typically) they did work with 3. Built a startup Said they're all indistinguishable from each other

Very smart guy, but bad ideas abt AI in education Instead of turning teachers into AI cops, make student learning more meaningful - PBL - abolish subjects - mastery over marks - work that offers relevance, impact & autonomy Particularly critical for 12-18 yo

For those hiring A way I've found to reduce the # of AI automated & spray-and-pray applicants is to put a Google form link in w/ a simple question in the req In our case, "what about our school model interests you?" Gets me to the 1% of applicants who have done some homework

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I made up a word ~17 months ago That word is "entrepreneuring" When I describe our school as one focused on entrepreneuring, parents will sometimes say "my daughter/son is not a founder". And I have to tell them that becoming a founder is not the point Instead, I describe it

I understand ppl in different tribes want to make this a culture war thing But this is just administration at schools responding rationally to incentives Sadly, they’re very bad incentives

Grade inflation is not woke. It is predictable behavior from a school and university system paid on enrollment and completion.

▪️ The fix is not turning school into job training ▪️ They shouldn't chase whatever skills employers want this qtr ▪️ Deep thinking should not be replaced by prompt engineering That's the wrong strategy Education should widen the path. Not narrow it. https://t.co/Ri6HTulBWM

Harvard’s student paper just said the quiet part out loud Their own students now argue that Harvard is training people for a world that no longer exists IMO, the article diagnoses the right symptoms But the prescription to fix it is wrong

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US birth rate declined after 2007 I hear Great Recession blamed but lack of recovery means it’s something else Anyone know what the cause is? (With data/evidence)

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TikTok is frying our kids' brains (not surprising) New research analyzing 98,299 people found that TikTok style short-form videos (SFVs) have a moderate negative impact on cognition and the biggest hits are to: ** attention ** inhibitory control Stress and anxiety also climb

@chamath @BillAckman This measure would wipe out most of these majors OR force colleges to reprice them dramatically lower Right now, these majors lead to overindebted, undereducated students who have sh1t job prospects That frustration leads to lots of nonsense we see now https://t.co/WKnxTvAkJ2

This is a very logical and intuitive reform I advocated for universities owning 80% of the loan, smaller amounts could work as well to create market discipline Here @chamath discusses @BillAckman's proposal to make universities own the first $20k

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1 year ago, I wrote my proposal on how to solve a $1.73 trillion problem aka the world's most inefficient government-backed market. I'm talking about college student debt. How it works today: * Sellers (colleges) face zero consequences for failure * Buyers (students) can't

Talk to students and they’ll tell you accommodations are gamed Kids with families at top & bottom of income range get them cuz miraculously they all have ADHD or some other issue Another bad incentive in education making grades an increasingly low value signal

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