“Childhood and Education #11: The Art of Learning” by Zvi

In honor of the latest (always deeply, deeply unpopular) attempts to destroy tracking and gifted and talented programs, and other attempts to get children to actually learn things, I thought it a good time to compile a number of related items.

Table of Contents

1. Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone.


2. Not Tracking Especially Hurts Those Who Are Struggling.


3. No Child Left Behind Left Behind.


4. Read Early, Read Often.


5. Mirror, Mirror.


6. Spaced Repetition.


7. Learning Methods.


8. Interruptions.


9. Memorization.


10. Math is Hard.


11. Get to Work.


12. The Whiz Kids.


13. High School Does Not Seem To Teach Kids Much.


14. Two Kinds of Essays.

Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone

Gifted programs and educational tracking are also super duper popular, it is remarkably absurd that our political process cannot prevent these programs from being destroyed.

As in things [...]

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Outline:

(00:26) Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone

(08:22) Not Tracking Especially Hurts Those Who Are Struggling

(09:30) No Child Left Behind Left Behind

(10:24) Read Early, Read Often

(11:37) Mirror, Mirror

(12:15) Spaced Repetition

(13:21) Learning Methods

(14:02) Interruptions

(14:50) Memorization

(15:23) Math is Hard

(17:01) Get to Work

(18:18) The Whiz Kids

(20:06) High School Does Not Seem To Teach Kids Much

(21:10) Two Kinds of Essays

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First published:

June 27th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3pHL3w6mQdwssFC97/childhood-and-education-11-the-art-of-learning

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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