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🐴 The 3.4 GPA Student Who Couldn't Read

A shocking case from Tennessee reveals how a student graduated with honors but couldn't read his own diploma. Plus: Why mastery-based learning might be the solution.

Charlie Deist

Apr 02, 2025

🐴 Your child isn't broken (but their chair might be)

Traditional schools diagnose fidgety kids. Smart parents redesign their environment instead. PLUS: How to build a complete learning haven for under $100.

Charlie Deist

Apr 01, 2025

🐴 Silicon Valley's education secret is leaking (and it's not coding)

When Silicon Valley elites abandon private schools for custom education, what do they know that we don't? PLUS: The free tool making personalized learning accessible to everyone.

Mar 31, 2025

🐴 Why the trades pay 6 figures

Just 1.5% of Americans feed 300 million people. See how the skilled trades shortage creates opportunity. PLUS: $2.5 million in scholarships for people willing to work.

Mar 28, 2025

🐴 Weekly Roundup: How to build a 'self-managing family' (from a mom of 7)

From AI tutors to Miyazaki-style family photos, what our fascination with artificial creativity reveals about being human...

Charlie Deist

Mar 27, 2025

🎙️ Coach Meg Thomas on creating a self-managing homeschool

Her secret "Heart, Habits, Home" framework eliminates burnout and teaches real independence. PLUS: The "Levels of Liberty" system that transforms entitled kids into capable adults...

Mar 26, 2025

🐴 Why learning should look like failing

Seth Godin reveals why mistakes are essential to real learning. PLUS: The startling math about how little time you have with your kids, and turning family photos into Studio Ghibli art.

Mar 25, 2025

🐴 The 4-minute video that teaches quadratic equations better than most schools

This simple lo-fi video has racked up 4.4M views by making "completing the square" actually make sense. PLUS: Why Barbara Corcoran says her dyslexia was the secret to her success, and the mathematical formula that's quietly ruining education.

Mar 24, 2025

🐴 AI tutors are advancing quickly: should you try one?

Discover how AI tutors are revolutionizing personalized learning and which ones families are raving about. PLUS: The surprising grammar rules we all know without ever being taught.

Mar 21, 2025

🐴 Weekly Roundup: A Brief Guide to Building Educational Micro-communities

Discover how micro-communities and specialized educators are reshaping personalized education. PLUS: A free life hack to vet YouTube videos and podcasts for inappropriate content.

Charlie Deist