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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Making the Grade?

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 2022, 37% of 4th graders performed below basic reading levels, and 25% fell short in math—the worst results since 1990. Tonight, a look at alternatives to traditional public school, like "unschooling” and A.I. led education. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress looked at 4th graders and reported that 37% performed below basic reading levels and 25% performed below basic levels in math. That’s the worst result since the assessments started in 1990. You might say the public school model, as it stands right now, is broken. So, what do you? Tonight, we explore interesting alternatives to traditional schooling like “unschooling” and artificial intelligence-based education.

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0:00.0

The public school model is broken.

0:01.6

I've put together a look at interesting alternatives

0:04.4

to traditional schooling, where the child directs his or her

0:08.6

education through their own interests.

0:10.6

You say your children will never set foot in a classroom.

0:13.7

Here, history comes alive with AI, but there's a catch.

0:17.0

No human teachers in the classroom.

0:18.9

AI equips us with the ability to reach them

0:21.7

individually. Could this be the answer to education in the future? You know, back in the day,

0:35.9

I received a pretty good public school education.

0:39.3

I was well prepared for college and beyond with all the core requirements.

0:43.3

In fact, I like to say, I know a lot of 50-cent words.

0:47.3

I just don't see the need to use them all that often.

0:51.3

So do you think the kids in public schools today can say the same thing?

0:57.0

Well, not as many as you had hoped are making the grade. In 2022, the National Assessment

1:04.0

for Educational Progress looked at fourth graders and reported that 37% performed below the basic reading level

1:14.5

and 25% performed below the basic level in math.

1:20.0

That is the worst result since the assessments started in 1990.

1:27.2

That means the public school model as it stands right now is broken. What

1:32.3

do you do? Well tonight I put together a look at interesting alternatives to traditional schooling.

1:39.3

Now are these perfect solutions? Well no, of course not. But we're not striving for perfection.

1:46.6

We're looking for excellence.

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