The library
The source documents
This site is a distillation of the four working drafts below. They are longer, rougher and more argumentative than the pages here, and they contain the full reasoning behind every principle.
Floor, Room, Border, Door
The unifying plan
The document this whole site is built from: four ideas standing together, written in plain language on purpose.
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The Pattern Recognition Revolution
On the Floor: cognitive architecture and automation
Why mastery is automation rather than conscious recall, and how teaching could be built around each mind’s natural strengths.
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Education for Formation
On the Room: formation before sorting
Why early education should form a whole person before it starts grading, ranking and specialising.
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The Border: What Schools Are For
On the Border: nouns, verbs and desks
A close look at what parent, teacher and bureaucrat actually mean, and where it draws the line around a school’s job.
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