campaign is leaning into this unavoidably political month. the president taking his re-election message to pennsylvania. that s a key state he won. and the symbolism of george washington s leadership what you see on the screen. valley forge. washington is touted for setting a standard for democracy. walking away from power after those two terms. biden will draw a contrast to trump on that score. trump being the election loser who tried to steal the race compared to washington who was making news in his day with what was described then as you see here. the resignation of george washington esquire as his situation of president of the united states of america. that was a time of kingdoms so it was a big deal that washington resisted, as this paper put it. the solicitations of his friends to continue in office. they concluded it was a life honor and glory. they wrote different back then. biden is going to argue that trump is the literal opposite and make that argument directly. i
it turns out if you look at the data, that the best way to learn something is actually to use your knowledge as you re acquiring it. so you can see this, for example, on the research on languages. a lot of people if i want to learn a foreign language, i have to mez rise a lot of vocabulary and grammar. once i have gotten that together i can start speaking the language. guess what, if you never speak the language, you don t learn to understand it fluently. it s kids who start speaking from day one, taught to practice speaking outloud, who stumble and fumble, grow the most. we have to put kids in a situation where they re using their knowledge before they feel ready to put it into practice. and in turn that means i think we have to reinvent a lot of education, hey what a minute, a lot of people assume i can t come into class and speak up unless i achieved mastery. no. i want students teaching each other from day one. i want to engage them in the process of making mistakes. impeerically t