Feb 28 – Mar 20, 2025
I recently read two reviews of << Math Academy . https://mikelikejordan.bearblog.dev/how-math-academy-pulled-me-out-of-the-valley-of-despair/ and https://frankhecker.com/2025/02/18/math-academy-part-11/ My takeaways:
the St. Johns College Reading List, freshman year
I cannot endorse the St. John's College approach (all college students, for all 4 years, in the same curriculum, largely based around reading of >100 year old works). But it is interesting enough (and for some students, effective enough) that I also have no interest in arguing against it.
https://authorclaireswinarski.substack.com/p/when-will-i-write-real-books
Without a clock, chess is a flawed game. It is a game where you can play perfectly and only hope to draw. And, for a human, without years of (unnecessary) training and good luck, you will play nearly-perfectly and lose, against the machine. ... With a clock, chess is a footrace of the mind. It is…
https://www.educationdaly.us/p/hard-lessons-from-the-new-naep-results
in the 11th circuit: https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202214031.pdf - Polelle v. Turner, etc.
An AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication device shows pictures, symbols, or words and speaks out loud when someone selects an option.
the concept of "algorithm", in education
yesterday I was a substitute tutor for an hour, for a 5th grade student generally << at a 3rd grade level . I hate phrases like "third grade level", but they are convenient. at least until I make new phrases.
https://www.readnaturally.com/article/hasbrouck-tindal-oral-reading-fluency-chart
[# All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten is a book of short essays by American minister and author Robert Fulghum. It was first published in 1986.
There were a few issues with the c.2020 implementation of "proxy voting" for House members.