“Childhood and Education #11: The Art of Learning” by Zvi
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In honor of the latest (always deeply, deeply unpopular) attempts to destroy tracking and gifted and talented programs, and other attempts to get children to actually learn things, I thought it a good time to compile a number of related items.

** Table of Contents**

• Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone.

• Not Tracking Especially Hurts Those Who Are Struggling.

• No Child Left Behind Left Behind.

• Read Early, Read Often.

• Mirror, Mirror.

• Spaced Repetition.

• Learning Methods.

• Interruptions.

• Memorization.

• Math is Hard.

• Get to Work.

• The Whiz Kids.

• High School Does Not Seem To Teach Kids Much.

• Two Kinds of Essays.

** Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone**

Gifted programs and educational tracking are also super duper popular, it is remarkably absurd that our political process cannot prevent these programs from being destroyed.

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Outline:

(00:26) Lack Of Tracking Hurts Actual Everyone

(08:22) Not Tracking Especially Hurts Those Who Are Struggling

(09:30) No Child Left Behind Left Behind

(10:24) Read Early, Read Often

(11:37) Mirror, Mirror

(12:15) Spaced Repetition

(13:21) Learning Methods

(14:02) Interruptions

(14:50) Memorization

(15:23) Math is Hard

(17:01) Get to Work

(18:18) The Whiz Kids

(20:06) High School Does Not Seem To Teach Kids Much

(21:10) Two Kinds of Essays

First published: June 27th, 2025

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3pHL3w6mQdwssFC97/childhood-and-education-11-the-art-of-learning)

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