Thoughts

Parent: "There are more smoke shops than bookshops." She's right.

An offhanded remark sent me down a data rabbit hole. What I found made me wince.

Mar 7 • Tom Liam Lynch

Plato's Teacher Would Have Hated AI

Socrates feared that writing would destroy the mind. Plato disagreed — which is why we know that. Now we have AI, and the argument is back.

Mar 7 • Tom Liam Lynch

The Thing About AI in Schools That Actually Excites Me

The forgotten two: speaking and listening

Mar 7 • Tom Liam Lynch

The Walking Unread: What We Get Wrong about Literacy

The answer is "write" in front of us.

Feb 26 • Tom Liam Lynch

You Think You Know Rubrics

A short history of rubrics and the sneaky way they just might revolutionize teaching.

Feb 22 • Tom Liam Lynch

E Pluribus... Pedagogy

A surprising lesson most Americans haven't learned: there is no American education system. Not exactly.

Feb 20 • Tom Liam Lynch

The Paradox of Education Reform, in a Number

A little simple math blew my mind. Students are out of school WAY more often than they are in school. And that matters.

Feb 18 • Tom Liam Lynch

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