Cicero Learning

Connecting curious teenagers with private teachers for one-on-one courses. Tips for hacking high school (& middle school). Worldschooling partisan.

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If these ideas excite you as much as us, you might want to check out this recent post on our blog where we talk about some core principles of one-to-one learning.
(Warning, we nerd out a bit on dialectical inquiry and the 2 Sigma Problem.)

https://t.co/KvXMSnQ2ba

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One-to-one instruction changes everything. Everything.

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And, it breaks us free from "teaching to the mean" by allowing educators to personalize learning to the student.

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Highlight of our week: launching this incredible course in environmental engineering for high schoolers.

https://t.co/itmYnQOriC

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Last year @teb_logan interviewed @andersenske, a bildung philosopher, about horizontal (knowledge-based) learning and vertical (developmental, moral) learning. It’s an absolute must listen for anyone who thinks about education.

https://t.co/qUVv6dmHuR

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The factory model of modern education is soul crushing. We agree 100%. But, in this recent essay @drjane argues that actually we do need a factory model, at least in the sense of achieving scale and equitable access to learning.

It's worth a read.

https://t.co/wWNAuOYXub

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Accomplishment v Achievement.

The former is that rush you get when you lock yourself in your room and—on your own, unprodded—try to master something new.

Achievement is what parents/schools say matters in "real life."

Kids need more accomplishment.

https://t.co/74XIvVja7f

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If you like this, considering joining our list to learn more about how we're scaling one-to-one learning.

https://t.co/1hPrXEQzaf

7/7

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Like most people who care about education and kids, we spent the end of last week reading (and re-reading) the @nytimes report on the steep learning loss in the U.S. since the pandemic.

https://t.co/X918Ynmpxn

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The level of rapport and trust that builds between student and teacher begins to look a lot like mentorship; and with the right coaching and accountability, kids can turn things around, quickly.

6/7

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One-to-one school is such a game changer it's sort of impossible to compare it to traditional school.

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“Purism is the best cover-up for mediocrity.”

RIP Harry Belafonte

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📢 Attention young writers– Our "Blogging for Teens" summer pod is filling up. Join us in a learning pod of up to four students, make friends, and take your writing skills to the next level. Limited slots available, enroll now.
https://t.co/8uAj8ySAEo

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@shorejaneshore @synthesischool @nuvustudio @Workspaceedu @rebelEducator In the 1980s Bloom described the 2 Sigma problem: 1:1 learning drove 2x results. A problem because how could you scale 1:1 learning in the 80s? Flash forward post internet and post pandemic and we're able to do exactly this. It's a great moment in education.