Ana Fabrega:

Schools should look more like YCombinator.

They get Project-Based Learning.

In this thread, I'll talk about 10 things @ycombinator gets right about the future of childhood education.

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1/ Shareability

This is the essence of Project-Based Learning.

Kids need to present their creations to an audience —not just their teachers. YC’s program ends with a Demo Day where founders present their products to an audience of investors.

2/ Culture of collaboration

Kids have their best ideas when they talk to friends.

Launching a startup is a lonely pursuit.

Not at YC: “Exciting things happen when you bring founders together—ideas are exchanged, deals get made, problem solving happens amongst peers”

3/ The seeds of creation

Good schools set the culture for learning and the conditions for invention, then let kids build and create. This rarely happens through lectures.

YC offers founders capital, coaching, and connections. Then it lets them build.

4/ Building > Lectures

Kids learn best by doing.

At YC, founders focus exclusively on building products. Learning is a byproduct of action. "We think founders are most productive when they can spend most of their time building.”

5/ Give up power to empower

Teachers who try to control kids’ learning end up preventing it…