My Plan for a Better Education System
Ep. 299 w/ Shownotes
As the battle over the future of education intensifies, Ravi takes a step back to ask a bold question: What if we could redesign K-12 education from the ground up? He breaks down what’s working, what policymakers and educators have gotten wrong, and the bold, forward-thinking innovations that can best serve students in a rapidly changing world.
In this special episode, Ravi explores everything from flexible school models and student-driven learning to how to prioritize mastery over grade levels and teacher autonomy over bureaucracy. He asks whether schools should mirror our increasingly individualistic society or act as a counterbalance to its isolation and what role educators should play in fostering student identity. Finally, Ravi unpacks the biggest barriers to innovation, why creativity and critical thinking should be at the core of modern learning, and what it would take to build a truly world-class education system.
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U.S. Public Education Spending Statistics (Education Data, 2/8/25)
Taking School Reformers to Task: Louisiana Chief John White on Fixing K–12 Reform (AEI, 10/1/13)
Populace Insights: Purpose of Education Index (Populace, 9/30/22)
States Are Taking Action To Address the Child Care Crisis (American Progress, 2/14/24)
States Take Legislative Action to Ease the Burdens Facing Family Child Care Providers (New America, 12/13/24)
Six Ways States Can Leverage Funding to Increase the Supply and Quality of Home-Based Child Care (Urban Institute, 11/9/21)
The Secret History of School Choice: How Progressives Got There First (Next Steps Blog, 1/4/12)
The High School We Need (Imbroglio, 1/31/23)
Graduation Must Depend on Learning, Not Time (Education Week, 10/21/21)
The Anti-Social Century (The Atlantic, 1/8/25)
The Trump Education Agenda (Lost Debate, 12/3/24)
An Education Miracle Maker (The Regressives, 10/2/22)
Results from the 2024 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Assessments at Grades 4 and 8 (The Nation’s Report Card, 1/29/25)
Collective Illusions And The Hidden Education Consensus (Lost Debate, 8/15/24)
Trump’s Edu Plans, Reform Wars, Future of Teaching (Lost Debate, 1/26/25)
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