The GSV Big 10: You Are What You Eat

Changing the Diet at Universities, FIRE & ICE, Katz as Catch Can...

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The Big 10:

1. How Gaming at Pace Powers Lifelong Learning | Pace University

   Invisible Learning is a core part of the future of how people get the knowledge, skills and capabilities to thrive in the future. ESports isn’t just playing games to learn math, history or science, it helps teach teamwork and social skills, all at risk in the typically isolated and individualized digital world. Colleges have esports teams and leagues but see this as an important lean-in opportunity.

2. Why Some Schools Are Rethinking ‘College for All’ | NYT

   “College for All” had been one of the few bipartisan issues that everybody agreed upon…and perhaps unsurprisingly, it turns out the everybody was wrong. All people shouldn’t go to college and in fact, at least 40% of the students who do go, don’t finish but are still typically burdened with mountains of debt. Leading charter organization KIPP, which has 125K students, 95% of whom are of color, has flipped from its original key objective of getting all of its students to college to figure out the best way to have a productive life.

3. American Education's Need for a New Founding | Civitas Institute

   You are what you eat. If you’re being fed a steady diet of anti-American sentiment—being told you’re a bad person because your great-grandfather did something objectionable by today’s standards—it’s no surprise what the result will be. The Phoenix Declaration doesn’t aim to remake society; instead, its goal is to prepare individuals to take their rightful place within it.

4. No More ‘Trust us, we’re the administrators!’ |

   The Eternally Radical Idea

   We are for a pretty unencumbered version of free speech, and nowhere is free speech more important than our college campuses. This article is effectively a defense of the College Free Speech Ranking, a.k.a. FIRE, which was criticized by TIME magazine for its methodology and wording of the questions. Open debate is a good way to come to an enlightenment so the more it’s discussed, the better.

5. Study: Workers will trade 25% of pay for remote, hybrid jobs | TechTarget

   Super interesting that a recent survey revealed that hybrid workers would take a 25% pay cut to not have to go to an office….however, to date, employers haven’t differentiated between hybrid and in office work. What’s become clear is that many workers would prefer to stay home and Zoom instead of carpool, and the future of work is a blended workforce. Huge opportunity for companies that are helping people make their home their operating platform for life.

6. Presidents Weigh In on the Public Confidence Crisis | Inside Higher Ed

   The “Diploma Divide” has become a growing concern amongst higher education leaders. Of primary interest is the outsized influence universities can play in society and the type of leaders they are developing. It’s actually encouraging to see the data suggest that presidents are not just burying their heads in the sand and saying that the public is wrong and they know best.

7. A Rapid Succession of Child Care Closures Calls for Close Scrutiny | The 74million

   There is always a delicate dance between growth and delivering on the education promise and it appears that Guidepost Montessori missed the mark. Childcare is of vast importance and we think it represents an enormous business opportunity. Guidepost with 130 centers and having raised $70 million from investors unfortunately will represent one step backward.

8. Student test score descriptions get a makeover: Advanced, Proficient, Developing, Minimal | Los Angeles Times

   With just 25% of LA students scoring at proficient or better, coming up with some new labels was probably predictable for a failing system. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic wasn’t too productive, and coming up with new terminology so as not to discourage the students who are likely already discouraged seems like a misuse of time and attention.

9. What Happens if Trump Issues an E.O. to Dismantle the Department of Education? | Whiteboard Advisors

   Our favorite perspective on inside Washington comes from our friends at Whiteboard Advisors and this quick analysis is a good example of why. The term “E.O.” has now become common vernacular with often an unprintable adjective in front of. Taking the emotion and uncertainty out of the equation, our hopeful likely changes would be a shifting of who does what, a savings on administrative costs but little, if any, impact on the recipients.

10. 🎙️ Ep 38 · John Katzman, CEO of Noodle | Ed on the Edge | Dash Media

    Certainly one of the top entrepreneurs and visionaries in the ed tech space shares his current views. The interview took place just before his very successful summit with higher education leaders in Washington D.C.

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