you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

every time you replace “this is hard” with “what’s the first step?” you shift brain activity from your amygdala (fear) to your prefrontal cortex (problem-solving). that’s neuroplasticity in real time.

Three posts on phones and social media. 1. Instead of being 'pro' or 'anti', we should think of phones like cars - useful, but dangerous - and social media like alcohol - fun, but addictive. They have their place, but need age limits and precautions. edrith.co.uk/p/phones-are-l…

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I wanted to quote half of this piece from Carl Hendrick, a must-read for anyone who cares about learning and curriculum design. Two highlights below. “A curriculum is near-decomposable: you can teach phonics and handwriting in relative independence, but reading comprehension

People downplay memorization as "mimicry," and that's false. I'll be a broken record - it is only through memorization that you truly can be creative! Actors memorize lines, chefs memorize recipes, writers memorize passages - and then they make new things.

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I know it sounds mundane but maybe the best thing you can do to install strong, healthy learning routines in your classroom is to plan your directions in advance & just maybe practice them a few times: "When I say go--but not before I say go--you will have 30 seconds to jot down

“Understanding” is just fact knowledge with a full crown of branches in the long term memory.

Reminds me of the AlphaGo story. Training on human data made the models dumber 😬

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Think schools. Strip everything back. Fewer moving parts. We ALWAYS… We ONLY… We NEVER…

1. Today Sec. Kristi Noem made the extraordinary (but vaguely delivered) claim that as head of DHS, she has authorities over elections, including to make sure that “the right people are voting and electing the right leaders to lead this country.” That is false.

James A. Furey Most implementations of multi-tiered systems of support that I have seen spend way too much of their energy on tiers 2 and 3 and not enough time on tier 1. Do we want a fence at the top of the cliff or an ambulance at the bottom?

Probably one of the most important psychological principles for "anxious" or "sensitive" people to understand: if you resist a thing that you cannot actually avoid, you will end up traumatized from it. Weaker. More Anxious. More fearful. A vicious cycle. The ONLY way to prevent

Every student needs to read "You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites" by Lelouch 👾. "It’s like walking into a movie halfway through—you can’t understand the plot because you missed the beginning." Unfortunately, those who need to hear it most, seldom do.

See also Horace’s Compromise?

This is an excellent excellent blog. Highly recommended if you are following the Alpha Schools story at all substack.com/inbox/post/188…

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This humor focuses on thought, mind, and imagination. By Dave Coverly, Dave Coverly, speedbump.com, Used with permission