This is very alarming. A quarter of the students in UCSD's remedial math course couldn't solve for x in the following equation: 7 + 2 = 6 + x And over a quarter (!) of the remedial math students got As in high school mathematics. What are we doing here? theargumentmag.com/p/when-grades-…

One problem with grade inflation is it dilutes the signal for both institutions/employees, as well as for students and parents. Probably many kids themselves don’t know their true abilities, because we no longer use grades to communicate that.

Great stuff from Grant.

Where did the world get away from us such that “our educational system must ensure that each and every child receives a high quality education” is internalized as a right wing position

The latest iteration of GPT is just so much better as an editor. The sycophantism has been toned down considerably and the level of analysis is much higher. It's good to use these systems consistently so you can really see these marginal improvements.

The future is religious. nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/…

Sean What religion adapts and innovates or is even born to meet modernity is I’m convinced the fundamental question of our age

Generalizing Kelsey Piper’s argument: in a world where 1) the best pedagogy is fairly primitive, and 2) even primitive best practices have spotty implementation, you simply cannot draw conclusions on a demographic basis about what the modal student can or can’t learn. Moreover,