Lecture 1: CA Gov short course

Answer: Many reasons. One is it prevents wrinkles.

Apparently. Too late for Satish.

Answer: Stanford was kicked out as the manager due to poor performance.

See this article confirming the closure。

They are still involved in professional development though. And they still fail the kids. Economically disadvantaged hispanic kids there do well worse than state averages.

Answer: 0, 1, 2,.. and so on. Yes.

Add text from this "number line" or "natural numbers", math springs. Adding 2, moves over by 2. Addition facts, multiplication facts. Abstraction ( 7+x=x+7), go over by \( 7 \) and then \( x \).

Answer: Yes. They know infinity.

The do understand from 0,1,2..., goes through 100,101,... and onwards.

Answer: The number after 1, and before 3.

Nothing more. Nothing less. Not 2 apples or 2 pears. Just 2.

Answer: Over a 1000.

It was marshalled by the California State Board of Education, which was headed by a professor from the Stanford Graduate School of Education—which failed and continues to fail the kids in East Palo Alto.

Answer: Teach disadvantaged kids to read.

Through robust policy changes like mandatory early intervention and the Literacy-Based Promotion Act (the "Mississippi Miracle"), Mississippi catapulted from 49th in fourth-grade reading proficiency to rank among the top half of states nationally.

Citation: The Mississippi Miracle (Wikipedia)

Answer: Well, they can't vote.

But he thinks recess is both good and popular. Some kids may prefer the library, or the art or music rooms. That's fine too. Focused instruction, then play. They do it in Finland.

Reference: How Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free Play (The Atlantic)

Answer: 5 billion.

Notably, we spend roughly 40B on teacher salaries. Optimizing everything else would allow us to pay them more. Read more about this approach on my Platform page.

Answer: The first day of School.

My ex-wife's joke. She stayed at home with our three kids when they were young as it was economically better for us as a family. For what its worth, after we split she took a job that required travel, and I took over as the primary parent. So enjoying that cup of coffee after the morning wakeup, breakfast and school dropoff is an experience that I too value.

Answer: Shirt too long, probably.

This is surprising, given that Satish's arms are so long, his fingers drag on the ground.