Movements often collapse under the weight of their own extremism.

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New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

Here’s to our first 20 years, ⁦Marc Porter Magee 🎓⁩. ❤️

Read this line to every kid — civilization depends on it

“the path to expertise in any discipline winds through years of disciplined grinding, and there are peaks you will never reach if you only learn to do what's fun.”

'The One I love' --REM.

Specifically: 'FIRE'

100% this.

Stellar advice from ⁦Arthur Brooks⁩:

“Avoid polarizing media, refuse to support politicians who vilify fellow Americans, get involved in local…efforts that serve the common good, & seek to form friendships across political and ideological lines.” aei.org/research-produ…

Non-elite private colleges (blue) are a risky bet and they are due for a market correction.

Buyer beware.

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“Some kids walk through my door in serious pain. But most don’t. Most just need a responsible adult to show them the way. And most of what I do can be handled by any adult who has been through a thing or two, which is to say, any parent.”

“Running, she says, is a sport that doesn’t care where you came from or what you did when you were younger….’there’s space for people who are willing to work really hard.’”

💯

But it’s not just about choosing a curriculum to say “yes” to. It’s critical for leaders to confidently say “no” to anything that doesn’t support or enhance it’s implementation. And saying “no” as often as you need to is *hard.*

“Our relationship with school became optional.”

Adding insult to injury, the response often focuses on tech-driven, screen-heavy tutoring and supplemental support. Which reinforces the idea that online learning can supplant in-person learning nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The stickiness of pandemic-driven disenrollment from public schools sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'These findings suggest that pandemic-driven public school enrollment declines may persist, and more so among higher income families.'

Pure joy. St. Athanasius Jess Aybar

There are two kinds of people in the world:

the kind who read the time at the bottom of their Apple Maps route as an ETA and

The kind who see it as the time to beat.

One more reason immigration is making America stronger:

“Latin American immigrants are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of the U.S. population as a whole.”

wsj.com/business/entre…

I like that at the best version of “Let the River Run” on YouTube is the performance of the Burnside High School Senior Chorale in New Zealand. 🌐🎶

Who was most hurt by remote learning?

(You will only need one guess.)

cepr.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.har…

Now it can be said.

Nearly 4 years into our collective national mistake.

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