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MaysonL on Sept 1, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: A 5 Minute Intelligence Test for Kids

It also seems to help the claim that school dumbs you down.

School can dumb you down.

It seems that it can also smarten you up.

See:

hcz.org/our-results

And the book Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough.

Alex3917 on Sept 1, 2009 [–]

I read that book, and Paul Tough explicitly says that the HCZ school programs aren't designed based on research, and there is little evidence to suggest that their pedagogy is sound.

He does have more praise for the curriculum of Baby College, but that is completely different.

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