The false promise of education reform » Anand Sanwal
Education reform is disconnected from reality. We need more people focused on bypassing the current system.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Education reform is disconnected from reality. We need more people focused on bypassing the current system.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Why kids' YouTube dreams aren't shallow—they're rational adaptations to a changing economic landscape.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Financial literacy without real-world money experience is as ineffective as teaching swimming with PowerPoint slides. A critical look at classroom finance education.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
We've built an education system that actively fights against how teenage brains work, then wonder why students disengage.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Teaching practical skills isn't just about handiness—it's about building better thinkers and students.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Our efforts to make young people hate reading are working. We should probably try something else.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
The reality is that grades have served their purpose and it's time to move on if we want actual learning.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
"Equity language" has done nothing to improve education. It is a sophisticated way to derail meaningful conversation.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy and require universities to underwrite loans| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
By high school, 2/3 of students are disengaged in school - a mass exodus of minds. And we're not doing shit about it.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
How elite education creates high-achieving but risk-averse students who struggle to think for themselves.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
Like ghost kitchens that exist only on delivery apps, these nonprofits exist only on college applications.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
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
This essay first appeared in my newsletter. Sign up here if interested in F'ing up the status quo and fixing education. In the grand theater of American higher education, few performances are as anticipated—or as controversial—as the annual unveiling of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. Like a high-stakes beauty pageant for academia,| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
