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Criminalizing being a great parent, two sides to TikTok, and childcare as a national security threat

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The Big 10:

1. 🎙️ Ep 15 · Ed on the Edge | Chip Shot: Pro Athlete Community (PAC) CEO Chip Paucek | Dash Media

   PAC is creating the new locker room for the pro athletes’ future. Being 30 years old and “retired” is a gigantic waste for these ultra performers who wouldn’t have been able to reach the professional level without exceptional rigor and intelligence. Learning the skills to thrive in the world after sports has tapped into something massive – PAC is the fastest-growing startup our friend Chip has ever been associated with.

2. AI Tutors Don’t Know When To Stop Shutting Up |

   Mathworlds

   Knowing when to talk is sometimes more valuable than knowing what to say. In the ever-increasingly crowded world of AI tutors, chatbots still can’t sense if a student is struggling, thinking, or trying to run out the clock.   

3. Podcast: The Intersection of Technology and Human Learning with Joel Podolny of Honor Education | Edtech Insiders

   Former VP of Education at Apple University Joel Podolny shares how Honor Education has created human connection in asynchronous learning environments. As a user of the product, Honor has built a mobile-first learning experience that is the future of education for students and instructors. Beautiful, like you’d expect from an Apple-influenced product, and smart through artificial intelligence.    

4. A National Security Issue: Child Care Increasingly a Challenge for Military Families |

   Early Learning Nation

   Who would have thought of childcare challenges as a national security issue? Contributing to the military’s massive shortfalls in recruiting, lack of access to affordable childcare has become a major issue. Fun fact, the U.S. Department of Defense is the largest childcare provider in the country. Costs, which exceed the average person’s mortgage payment, and the shortage of qualified workers have made childcare an issue of national importance for all Americans.

5. ‘It Destroyed Me’: Lasting Trauma Years After Districts’ Address Crackdowns | The 74 Million

   Acting in the best interest of your children should be celebrated but “address sharing” is a felony in many parts of the country. What actually should be a criminal offense is the failure to provide all children equal access to great schools no matter their zip code. The good news is school choice options are booming across the country and the adults getting in the way are being exposed.

6. The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus | Mad in America

   Two things for sure…young people are obsessed with TikTok and there is a mental health crisis among college students. Correlation doesn’t necessarily imply causation but there are some pretty strong signals. While having a global community at your fingertips can be beneficial as a support network, there is also such thing as oversharing. We need to find ourselves somewhere in the middle between bragging about struggles for views and minimizing mental health issues.

7. A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest | AP News

   Talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not. This is the inspiring story of Jiang, a 17-year-old Chinese girl going to vocational school, who finished #12 in the Alibaba Math Competition and became a national celebrity. Even in China, it’s generally thought that you need to have “guanxi”…connections…to get ahead.   

8. Education technology provider zSpace files for a $30 million IPO | Renaissance Capital

   Effective teaching comes down to engagement, engagement, and engagement. AR/VR has the potential to transform learning by immersing children in virtual learning environments. While we’re confident someone in the space will crack the code eventually, it’s still an open question of which company will find the solution that sticks and ultimately changes the game. zSpace faces financial challenges at the moment – time will tell if this IPO saves the company, or if this is another example where the early bird gets the turd.

9. What if banning smartphones is just the beginning? | EdSurge Podcast

   Just saying “no” to phones in schools has been growing in popularity. Reasons for bans include addiction to the harmful elements of social media and the distractions caused by being “always on” in the classroom. Unfortunately, the “just say no” campaign increased drug use, and phones are currency for kids. That said, no sane person would promote drug use in schools (or anywhere) and it would seem sensible to create some separation between student and device.

10. Chris Whittle Is On An Adventure Of A Lifetime | Rihondo

    Serial education entrepreneur and friend Chris Whittle has a new project and it’s booming. Baret Scholars provides a “gap year” for students to experience the world before going to college. Baret’s students will go to seven continents in seven months learning through living and being exposed to a diverse faculty across the globe. As we’ve covered time and time again, one of the “7 Cs” for the future of learning is “Cultural Literacy”.

    Bonus Video: Larry Summers Says “AI Is Coming For IQ Before It Comes For EQ”

    The 7 Cs are critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication, cultural fluency, character, and civics…notably, “coding” doesn’t make the list.