School Daze: New Approaches to Education

Phil and Stephen discuss massive disruptions taking place in education.

What students know that experts don't: School is all about signaling, not skill-building

Is it possible that students are on to something? There is a massive gap between school and work, between learning and earning. 

A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens

Across the studies, the texts differed in length, and we collected varying data (e.g., reading time). Nonetheless, some key findings emerged that shed new light on the differences between reading printed and digital content.

After 100 Years of the Same Teaching Model It’s Time to Throw Out the Playbook

It’s time to change the direction of the arrow by for once and for all turning it around and allowing it to originate from the student. Imagine a classroom where students are the ones driving the learning and are empowered to pursue things that matter to them. 

DARPA Is Planning to Hack the Human Brain to Let Us “Upload” Skills

In the future, university education will be a coffeeshop

We’re faced with an education bubble. Tuition and other costs associated with a college education have been outpacing inflation for decades.

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