Ted Alling
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Ted Alling
@tedalling
Raising the bar in logistics & education. Husband to Kelly and father of 3 AMAZING kids. Cofounder at @thisisdynamo @prepchattanooga @brickyardvc



US military crash that killed 6 troops in Iraq included 33-year-old father of three: 'A really good dad' trib.al/Khfe03G




Something fascinating is happening in education right now. I recently went down a rabbit hole researching homeschooling, and the data is fascinating. Research from the National Home Education Research Institute shows homeschool students typically score 15–25 percentile points higher on standardized tests, and about 78% of peer-reviewed studies show homeschool students outperforming traditional school students academically. But what really surprised me was seeing it firsthand. I recently ran a financial literacy course through Classical Learner, and I was blown away by the students. One 14 year old was running a business with nine employees. And I began teaching a 9 year old the Buy Borrow Die strategy. Can you imagine learning a strategy used by billionaire families to build wealth… at age nine? What I saw with these homeschool students is that they weren’t memorizing facts for a test. They were thinking, building, and solving real problems. This ties directly into neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself during childhood based on experience and learning environments. Research from Harvard University, Stanford University, and MIT shows that learning environments focused on problem solving and curiosity produce stronger long-term outcomes than education built primarily around memorization. Which leads to a simple observation. Students raised in environments that encourage independent thinking, entrepreneurship, and curiosity develop skills that compound over time. And that creates a massive competitive advantage for life. The great news for America is that roughly 7.8% of American children are now being homeschooled, and that number continues to rise as families look for education that prioritizes curiosity, entrepreneurship, and independent thinking. Learn more👇 @ClassicLearner


More evidence that the global decline in test scores that began after 2012 is linked to the proliferation of smartphones and computers in class: The slide was bigger in countries where students began spending more time on devices (for leisure) generationtechblog.com/p/phones-at-sc…




I think a lot of founders who could otherwise be great are failing due to a lack of oversight / discipline. There are so many startups out there funded by top VCs that are just kind of…messing around. No focus, wasting money, shipping slowly. I think it would be great for everyone involved to bring back a more hardcore investor relationship that is constantly pushing the founder in the right direction.













