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← School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 4 Jul 1854 to 31 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under America America Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under government government Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed. School reform cannot work, because thesystem being reformed has no intention ofbeing reformed. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dropping educational software into an existing school changes nothing; the whole school day has to be redesigned around it or it fails. — tap to centre the map on it Dropping educational software intoan existing school changes nothing;the whole school day has to beredesigned around it or it fails. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is not easy to change the direction of a political system, and idealistic reform plans usually do not work out as neatly as hoped. — tap to centre the map on it It is not easy to change thedirection of a political system, andidealistic reform plans usually donot work out as neatly as hoped. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 RA Russ Allbery — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed. — tap to centre the map on it Germany's constitutional debt brakewill not be reformed. Last stated 2 years ago 4 Mar 2025 FM Friedrich Merz — holds since 2025-02-25 — tap for who they are FM Friedrich Merz — no longer holds since 2025-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all. — tap to centre the map on it The insistence that any educationinnovation must serve everybody atonce and for free is the poison thatstops education innovating at all. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-functioning reform team within a bureaucracy can end up excusing the lack of deeper structural change. — tap to centre the map on it A well-functioning reform teamwithin a bureaucracy can end upexcusing the lack of deeperstructural change. Last stated 5 months ago 30 May 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A righteous reform cannot be achieved by expediency; in morals there is no sliding uphill — tap to centre the map on it A righteous reform cannot beachieved by expediency; in moralsthere is no sliding uphill Last stated 172 years ago 4 Jul 1854 HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The golden age of American schoolingthat reformers want to return tonever existed anywhere. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Mar 2026 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when there is political will for reform, administrative agencies will not reform themselves without outside pressure. — tap to centre the map on it Even when there is political willfor reform, administrative agencieswill not reform themselves withoutoutside pressure. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise. — tap to centre the map on it A beginner cannot learn frommaterial made for native speakers:at the start, authentic media isnoise. Last stated 3 months ago by 20 Jul 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. — tap to centre the map on it A language is a set of skills to bebuilt, not a body of facts to beknown. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Aug 2021 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured. — tap to centre the map on it A method you hate will end inburnout however well it works forother people, so it should beabandoned rather than endured. Last stated 6 years ago 9 Sept 2020 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed. Last stated 25 Jan 2022 · 5 years ago Holds Marc Andreessen Read this korrent →