Michael Houston

Education is in need of a disruption, but don’t take my word for it.

Even given that people love to criticize the education system... it's actually even worse than most people think it is. It's seriously wasteful and frequently harmful.

Learning something shouldn't be a guessing game. Use quick actionable tools to empower students and educators 💪🧠

@MrBinspire Was great meeting you too! 🙌

@xMichaelHouston Love that! Great meeting you last night michael! #EducationIsEvolving

Foster a course environment that encourages a growth mindset through periodic non-graded assessments. This strategy alleviates the negative feedback loop associated with poor performance and gives students a chance to learn from mistakes.

Failure should be reframed as a learning opportunity. When students are given room to fail, they’re inspired to make more genuine discoveries and ACTUALLY understand what they’re learning vs just memorization

The current education ecosystem has high enough stakes as it is. We shouldn’t teach students that failing one particular test will be the end all be all.

A neglected, yet highly effective strategy to supercharge learning -> teaching through play.

With the @asugsvsummit kicking off today, pay attention to education solutions designed around helping students build autonomy and self efficacy 💪

Heard a middle school teacher say that they try to make education "less fun" so that students are “ready” for high school and college… But is that the teacher's fault? Removing that massive stigma is necessary and one of the reasons I initially focused on changing higher-ed

Cram content and memorize vocab -> Take a test -> Now you get to memorize new words because you passed your last test (barely) -> Rise and repeat for 20 years

If you think students want education to be disrupted, you’d be shocked to hear how desperate teachers are to make a difference 👀

Rather than solely building curriculum for how a ‘normal student’ learns, we should study the highest performers and build towards what is proven to work best. Only teaching towards what’s “average” is just so limiting.

@callmehouck When I went to a class of 3000 students and the professor required everyone to buy HIS $275 textbook to do our homework.

@Princeton @DogAgingProject Needle moving research.

How old is your doggo in human years? For decades, the answer has been 1 human year = 7 dog years. #PrincetonU researchers, leading the genetics work for @DogAgingProject, say it’s much more complicated than that. bit.ly/3L75Tqe #NationalPuppyDay

@TCEA @finleyt The focus should be on inspiring curiosity and creating a deeper connection with the material. Starting with vocab and using songs, although helpful in certain cases, tends to promote memorization rather than actual comprehension.

7 Ways to Start a Lesson and Engage Students | 🧠 🚀 via @finleyt #edchat #teaching #learning

@Hadley Notion can be way more efficient too for both founders and investors - we looked to make ours 'self-serve'. Already know our solution well? Stay high level and skip ahead. Want to know more about traction or a particular user? - just select the use-case module and dive deeper.

Pitch decks are tired I really like the new trend of founders using something like Notion instead It gives them so much more flexibility to truly tell their story I’d love to see the norm for seed rounds move to keeping pitches conversational and using Notion for info sharing

@agazdecki Assuming you know what perfection looks like slows things down even more! Launch with and maintain a strong vision, but always be learning from your users.

Chasing perfection slows down everything when building a startup.

@dagorenouf The end of the startup journey is so glamorized that we often forget about that most overnight successes are made over the course of 10 years. Keep pushing that boulder

If you're not ready to push a boulder up a hill for 3+ years without knowing where it ends... You probably shouldn't build a startup.

@heyecs Founders are constantly given advice and it is often times contradictory. Be able to choosing which advice to follow is part of what makes a great founder.

@pmarca Systems theory in its most simple form. There's never been a better time or more of a demand for the inputs to change.

Overheard in Silicon Valley: "The modern university is a political madrassa married to a trade school married to a hedge fund married to a sports team married to an adult day care center married to a visa law firm."