As more schools require the SAT or ACT , I'm reposting this blog post from two years ago, in which I (very briefly) argue that's a good idea, and consider at greater length why the GRE should not be required for graduate admissions danielwillingham.com/daniel-willing…

Surge pricing for answering student emails as we approach the midterm…

Yeah, it is. I've explained why.

'There are educational experts out there who will tell you that remembering is super important for our education system (e.g. Daniel Willingham)... is it as important as it was when we didn't have an amazing machine in our pocket that has everyone else's memory in it?' dave cormier

thanks

I always enjoy talking with Jim McCann...this time around we discuss outsmarting your brain, remote learning, and more!
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A student told me he was having trouble understanding empirical articles. After a conversation about what he was doing & what he might do differently, he said “I see my problem. You don’t really read them. You study them.”
This is accurate and succinct, and I will remember it.

Like many others, I've considered leaving this platform--it's degeneration since Musk took over can't be missed, even if you don't follow X news closely. But his 'actual truth' promotion of anti-semitic conspiracy theories is the last straw. I'm on threads: dtwuva

Likewise, Jimmy!

'Now make her a black woman.'

If you read Adam Grant's piece in the NYTimes about the benefits of looping, don't miss Matthew A. Kraft's discussion with Adam about education reform.

My PowerPoint slides from the late 90s
Websites from the late 90s
Same aesthetic