#307 - Ana Fábrega - Edupreneur & Chief Evangelist @ Synthesis - Rethinking How We Educate Our Children

Ana Lorena Fábrega is an edupreneur, writer, and Chief Evangelist at Synthesis. Growing up, she attended ten schools in seven different countries. She then earned her BS in Childhood Education and Special Education from New York University and taught elementary school in New York, Boston, and Panama. Today, Ana Lorena writes online to over 200,000 readers about the promise of alternative education. On this episode, Chris and Ana discuss: The current state of education Teaching children in a digital world How to teach children to fail The problem in America with ADHD We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.  https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Links The Learning Game by Ana Lorena Fábrega Ana on Twitter Topics (00:02:22) The problem in America with ADHD (00:13:14) The current state of education (00:22:34) The role of an educator (00:29:38) How can teachers work differently within the school system? (00:35:40) Are tests even necessary? (00:39:36) Teaching kids in a digital world (00:46:53) Learning how to fail (00:59:57) Nature vs. Nurture (01:02:41) Negotiating with your kids (01:06:34) It’s useless to ask kids what they want to be when they grow up (01:09:34) How parents should approach their children’s education (01:13:54) Learning tendencies in single-child households vs. multi-child (01:16:06) How are you planning out your child’s education? Support our Sponsors Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ Chris on Social Media: Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd   Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX Visit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvys Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0 Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO  The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts

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