Systems

Understanding Systems

Systems Analysis Techniques

Logic Theory and Techniques

System Function / Non-Functional Attributes

Problem Abstraction

Problem Solving

Existing Systems

Existing System Failures

New System

"A new platform for education would be one that supports conceptual integration and synergies. If systems theory was taught to grade school children, then they would be much less likely to be racist and bigoted, while also seeing labor specialization as a drawback to wisdom, for example. Much could be said on these issues and I recommend Alfie Kohn once again, especially when it comes to removing the competitive ethic from child development." Peter Joseph on Reddit

Collective Decisions

Adopting Principles and Values

Cultivate the Good in Failing; Failing Fast

Removing Garbage Values and Principles

Removing Competition

Removing Inefficiencies

Data Redundency, Data Fragmentation, Algo-based News Feeds

Current Knowledge System

Breadth-View Understanding

Small, Agile, Informal, Self-organizing Communities

Duties, Obligations, Plan, Teaching Syllabus

Core Concepts Taught to Adolescence

Quality Attributes

Functional Requirements

Non-Functional Requirements

Adaptability

Viability

The Lottery System

"One of the biggest problems with the lottery was “the implicit message that we send” to low-income parents: that schools in their own communities are “inadequate,” and that they should seek to escape them." Stevon Cook, the board president

"About a quarter of the city’s children are enrolled in private school, a higher percentage than in some other major cities, like New York, where it is around 20 percent. The lottery system is thought to be a major reason wealthy parents here opt out of public schools, further worsening segregation." Source

"There are several reasons the system has not worked as intended. One is a lack of transportation. Fewer than 4,000 of the district’s 54,000 students ride a bus to school. The city’s busing program was reduced in 2010, during the last recession, and has not been restored" Source

"The district had previously used busing to try to desegregate schools, under a 1983 agreement with the N.A.A.C.P. But a group of Chinese-American families sued in the 1990s, saying their children were being denied seats at elite campuses. The city settled the case by devising a choice-based enrollment process meant to be race-neutral but still achieve integration." Source

"Affluent parents are able to take advantage of the system in ways low-income parents cannot, or they opt out of public schools altogether. What happened in San Francisco suggests that without remedies like wide-scale busing, or school zones drawn deliberately to integrate, school desegregation will remain out of reach." Source

"After families submit their kindergarten applications, ranking as many school choices as they like across the city, a computer algorithm makes assignments. Those from neighborhoods where students have scored low on state tests get first dibs at their top-ranked programs. Each child gets an address-based priority at one school, but it is considered only after those with test-score priority are offered seats." Source

"About a quarter of the city’s children are enrolled in private school, a higher percentage than in some other major cities, like New York, where it is around 20 percent. The lottery system is thought to be a major reason wealthy parents here opt out of public schools, further worsening segregation." Source

Expert Knowledge System

"I often think that the world needs to be a lot more organized. Lots of people write reviews of television shows, but nobody seems to collect and organize them all. Good introductory guides to subjects are essential for learning, yet I only stumble upon them by chance. The cumulative knowledge of science is one of our most valuable cultural products, yet it can only be found scattered across thousands of short articles in hundreds of different journals." Aaron Swartz