THE VIDEO SHELF · future of education
The Classroom Only Works for One Kid in the Room
CGP Grey argues that a classroom works well only for the one student pitched at the average level, and sketches a future of personalized instruction. It introduces the idea of a Digital Aristotle, a tutor for every learner.
Why HN readers recommended it
Brought up in nearly every discussion of AI tutors and the future of schooling as the original Digital Aristotle idea.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- future of education
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Related thoughts on education... from CGP Grey: [VIDEO] Also watch Greys favorites vol 4 (playlist on CGP Grey channel). These thoughts from Salman Khan are most relevant here: [LINK]
tiger10guy on Hacker News · 2013-03
In Kids should learn to thinkI'd like to revisit a classic CGP Gray video for talking points on this subject: [VIDEO] What roles does (Public) Education fulfill in society and to parents? * A free society and elected government function best when the people who make decisions about the future …
mjevans on Hacker News · 2022-05
In With plunging enrollment, a ‘seismic hit’ to public schoolsThe solution isn't to provide multiple approaches in the same classroom, it's to remove the classroom altogether. I keep coming back to CGP Grey's take[0] on the issue, and since he's an ex-teacher it makes him somewhat qualified on the topic. Conceptually the problem is …
moffkalast on Hacker News · 2024-04
In Why do we have such terrible evidence on homework effectiveness? (2022)
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