How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandt
My guest is Joe Liemandt, technology entrepreneur and principal of Alpha School, a K-12 model that uses AI and individualized learning to help students master academics in just two hours a day, freeing the rest of their time to build businesses, conduct experiments, engage with their communities, and develop practical life skills. We discuss Alpha’s promising results, tools parents and educators can use today, and Joe’s vision for how AI could transform education and human potential.
Articles
- The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring (Educational Researcher)
- Long-Term Academic Effects of the Direct Instruction Project Follow Through (The Elementary School Journal)
- Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One's Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (Journal of the Association for Consumer Research)
- An Experimental and Qualitative Comparison of the Quality of Dating Advice from Parents Versus LLMs (PsyArXiv)
Books
- 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation―And Making Your Own Life Easier
- The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
Other Resources
- OpenCourseWare (MIT)
- Khan Academy
- Alpha School
- What is 2 Hour Learning?
- Founders School
- Texas Sports Academy
- GT School
- Reinventing K-12 Education Using AI
- Future of Education Podcast
- Big Five Personality Traits
- Blueprint Labs
- School of Rock
People Mentioned
- MacKenzie Price: Alpha School co-founder
- Anthony “Spud” Webb: basketball player
- Jermaine O'Neal: basketball player
- Alex Hormozi: entrepreneur
- Wendy Kopp: Teach for America founder
- Max Delbrück: biophysicist, Nobel laureate
- Mark Rober: engineer, CrunchLabs founder
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy: investor, podcaster
- Nick Saban: football coach
About this Guest
Joe Liemandt
Joe Liemandt is a technology entrepreneur and the principal of Alpha School.
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