We say teachers shape the future, then pay them like baristas. Here's how we make teaching prestigious again.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
This essay first appeared in my newsletter. Sign up here if interested in F'ing up the status quo and fixing education. Wanted to follow-up on my summary of the excellent and incisive Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz with my 10 favorite quotes from the book. Deresiewicz's skewering of the Ivy League / elite education is| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
We forgot to define the goal of education. Here's a proposal on what the 4 goals of education should be.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Subject-based learning is is not designed to maximize learning or create innovative thinkers. It is about compliance.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
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Grade inflation is the worst, most cancerous type of inflation in the USA right now.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
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Schools should NOT exist to train children to be compliant and conforming employees and consumers. Education should help develop students into independent-thinking explorers, leaders and problem-solvers.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Imagine a school where the number of books checked out from the library is used to judge the school’s literacy efforts. Absurd, right? Yet this mirrors the reality in many American government schools today (note: my focus is on public, government-funded middle and high schools). A conversation with a brilliant public school teacher recently illuminated| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up