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24 alternatives to stuff they should've taught us

learn about some of the things that school didn't teach us

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. stuff they should've taught us launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Dudes of Disruption - Ep 54 - College Messed Me Up... Now What?▲61
Continually learning & growing, dealing w/ student loan debt
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
2
Without Permission▲147
Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!
2014 · withouttheirpermission.com · its alternatives →
3
Why We Fail▲76
Learn from other people's failures.
2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →
4
Curious▲116
15,000 lessons in tech, biz, DIY and more. Grow your skills.
2015 · curious.com · its alternatives →
5
Curious▲76
A better way to learn anything!
2013 · curious.com · its alternatives →
6
Why Don't Students Like School?▲66
A cognitive scientist answers questions about the mind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Locker Room Talk▲97
Rate your College coach
2016 · 2adays.com · its alternatives →
8
How High School Became a Thing▲84
A new illustrated story, from Hardbound
2016 · its alternatives →
9
The Education of Millionaires▲65
Everything you won't learn in college to be successful
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Love Your Work w/ David Kadavy - 8 Things I Wish I Had Known About Building Online Courses▲54
Listen to this before building an online course.
2016 · delivery-edge.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
11
Marketing School - Why is No One Reading My Content?▲60
Daily posting is just as important as actually sharing!
2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
12
The Startup Tapes #029 - Girl Develop It▲60
Why teaching people how to code matters
2017 · its alternatives →
13
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most▲60
Difficult conversation made easy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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I made a list of online education resources; help me finish it▲6
I'm hoping that by putting it up here you can help me improve the list. Any suggestions at all are welcome. If you know of any that I'm missing, please email me at [email protected]
2012 · char.io · its alternatives →
15
Stuff I Need to Remember▲76
Remember the best stuff you’ve already forgotten.
2017 · its alternatives →
16
Black Box Thinking▲66
Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Dudes of Disruption - Ep 53 - College: Opt-In or Drop Out?▲52
Disrupting the state of higher ed, student debt & careers
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
18
This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89
First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
19
Daily(ish) #170: 1 Guy, 2 Questions▲56
More on how sales of my Snapchat course went.
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Decoding AP Computer Science A▲60
For high schoolers, by a high schooler
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Educate Yourself #002: Dr. Bror Saxberg▲54
The future of education and EdTech
2016 · educate_yourself.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
22
CodeHS ▲22
Teaching comp sci to beginners w/ no prior background.
2014 · codehs.com · its alternatives →
23
Educate Yourself #001: Anya Kamenetz▲55
The Future of Learning and EdTech
2016 · educate_yourself.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
24
Rankmyteacher▲3
Rate Your Teachers and Get Rewarded
2023 · mixo.io · its alternatives →

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