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Easy there. I did not say they do not know about their kids. My claim is that they do not necessarily know about “learning”. And most do not.


Maybe you work in the hood where the moms are all on crack, but I kind of doubt that you do. What knowledge about learning do you have which is both non-obvious and which confers a measurable benefit to students? I haven't found that education is particularly data-driven, or found education specialists to be particularly impressive, so unless you're some teaching savant, I don't expect you'll have anything.

Also, knowing something about learning is different than being able to apply it; I know that apprenticeship in Austin is superior to sitting in a class of 35 students in Baltimore, but that doesn't matter if it's not going to happen




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