“Childhood and Education Roundup #4” by Zvi

Before we begin, I will note that I have indeed written various thoughts about the three college presidents that appeared before Congress and the resulting controversies, including the disputes regarding plagiarism. However I have excluded them from this post.

Discipline and Prohibitions

Washington Post Editorial Board says schools should ban smartphones, and parents should help make this happen rather than more often opposing such bans in order to make logistical coordination easier.

I agree with the editorial board. Even when not in use, having a phone in one's pocket is a continuous distraction. The ability to use the phone creates immense social and other pressures to use it, or think about using it, continuously. If we are going to keep doing this physically required school thing at all, students need to be fully device-free during the school day except for where we intentionally want them to [...]

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Outline:

(00:19) Discipline and Prohibitions

(05:04) School Choice

(08:34) An Argument Against School Choice

(13:10) Home School

(14:37) School Null Hypothesis Watch

(19:05) The Case Against Education, Pandemic Edition

(20:51) Early Childhood

(21:43) Primary School

(26:04) High School

(27:54) (Lack of) Standards

(31:41) College Grade Inflation

(33:41) College

(41:31) Student Debt

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First published:
January 30th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jJnDmdmLDukoTqFqB/childhood-and-education-roundup-4

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.