Here’s a weird one for you: I wish I could talk about all that’s wrong with modern/compulsory education. But I have too many feelings and don’t know what to say that hasn’t been said better by others. Instead, a request ⇊
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Historically rich folk would hire individual tutors for their kids. I wonder what their experience was like and whether tech could deliver a similar experience for cheap as in other areas.
a friend just pointed me to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem … i had no idea
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Interesting. Here’s Bloom’s paper for reference (or for others reading this) http://web.mit.edu/5.95/www/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdf …
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There are some papers (and people with experience of tutoring) questioning the result: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/8pk7jx/blooms_2_sigma_problem_wikipedia/e0ckqji/ … - still positive, but not as massive an effect as Bloom's original
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