Education

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Truth's Torch — Dewey

No course is lit,By light that former burned,From darkness bit by bit,The present road is learned.

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Who are you here as?

For students

How do I choose a college, pay for it, and arrive ready?

For parents

How do I prepare — financially and otherwise — for my children's education?

For teachers and educators

From early childhood to home schooling to higher and adult education — what carries across?

For advisors and counsellors

How do I guide someone through decisions I cannot make for them?

Jobs, career and ROI

Does this pay off, and what does it actually lead to?

Technology education

What is STEAM, once you stop treating it as an acronym?

For policy makers

How do we prepare citizens for the future?

For community

How does any of this matter to me?

For students

How do I choose a college, pay for it, and arrive ready?

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  • Choosing where to applyWIPHow to build a shortlist that fits you, not a ranking.
  • What can I afford?WIPSticker price versus what families actually pay.
  • Financial aidWIPWhere aid comes from and when to ask.
  • Health and accessibilityWIPKnowing your rights and the supports on offer.
  • Grades and what they measureWIP
  • Activities that actually countWIP
  • First-year experienceWIPThe gap between arriving and belonging.
  • An Executive MBA, from the insideCoursework, projects and reflections from NYU Stern.

For parents

How do I prepare — financially and otherwise — for my children's education?

Response coming soon

  • Planning and paying over timeWIPStarting earlier, with smaller numbers.
  • Reading a financial aid offerWIPComparing offers that are not written to be compared.
  • Supporting learning at homeWIPGrassroots education, in the Tagore sense.
  • Home schooling as a serious optionComing soon
  • Health, accessibility and advocacyWIP
  • When one size does not fitWIPRecognising it early, and what to do next.

For teachers and educators

From early childhood to home schooling to higher and adult education — what carries across?

Response coming soon

For advisors and counsellors

How do I guide someone through decisions I cannot make for them?

Response coming soon

Jobs, career and ROI

Does this pay off, and what does it actually lead to?

Response coming soon

For policy makers

How do we prepare citizens for the future?

  • Financial aid as policyWIP
  • Health and accessibilityWIP
  • Measuring what is right with a learnerWIPAlternatives to the deficit model.

The thinking behind it

Where this comes from

John Dewey

An educator who held that education is not so much preparation for living, as living in the fullest sense of the word.

Rabindranath Tagore

A Nobel laureate and independent thinker. Like Dewey, he believed the mentor–disciple relationship was integral to learning.

Mission

Self-empowerment through community.

Shared philosophy

As a diamond can be polished only by another diamond, a human can be refined only by other human beings. The most important ingredient of learning is patience.

Vision

Since the 80s, my mom created a work-from-home environment due to unique social and economic challenges, shaping me into a skilled organizer of creative projects. This approach reflects Tagore's grassroots education, emphasising community and parental autonomy over standardised education, as one size does not fit all.

Education design, and technology

Education based on core mathematics and sciences need not be boring, and an economically self-reliant, accessible model exists. AI can be revolutionary in helping people make informed decisions — but the concept of self relies on the essential human aspect of community. Without life, we cannot understand what it means to be life-less.

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