It always makes my day to learn that someone found my writing valuable. Below are various blog posts, articles, and newsletters that made my day and motivated me to continue writing. (Note: there are plenty more about the Math Academy platform itself that have also made my day, but it's too high a volume to keep track of and I never struggle to find motivation on that front anyway, so I'm keeping this list focused on my writing in particular.)

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The Education of Isabel: Book Review: The Math Academy Way
2025-08-13. "To the extent that The Math Academy Way is a sales pitch for parents and adult learners to purchase Math Academy, I'm sold. ... To the extent that the book informs the reader about pedagogy in general, which is more relevant to me, I found it very good. ... My time reading it was well spent." This article also has a great personal story about trig identities and highlights some insightful parallels between automaticity in math and reading.

Austin Scholar #177: The Alpha App Stack
2025-08-10. "Math Academy - This is the best math app available today. It has been developed with a deep understanding of learning science. In fact, one of the best learning science books for parents is the Math Academy Way."

Becket U: Newsletter #92
2025-07-17. Subsection "Both Good Cop and Bad Cop"

Austin Scholar #173: The science behind Alpha’s amazing results
2025-07-17. "If you read nothing else, read this [The Math Academy Way]. It is quite possibly the best collection of research on learning science and description of implementation."

Becket U: Newsletter #85
2025-05-29. Subsection "Do It First Thing When You Wake Up"

Becket U: Newsletter #84
2025-05-22. Subsection "Effects of Deliberate Practice & Structured Study Plans"

Road to Quant: Newsletter #32
2025-04-20.

Umar Faruk Abdullahi: Upskilling the right way
2025-03-25. Umar's notes on the things that stood out to him most while reading Advice on Upskilling.

Center for Educational Progress: Our Education Reading List
2025-02-14. Subsection "The Science of Learning."

Moontower Meta: Notes on The Math Academy Way
2025-01-22. Kris Abdelmessih's notes on the things that stood out to him most while reading The Math Academy Way.

EigenPosts: Book Review: The Math Academy Way
2025-01-20. "I recently read The Math Academy Way by Justin Skycak and it’s substantially changed my views on education (particularly, but not exclusively, math education). ... The Math Academy doc was, for me, the final nail in the coffin of unschooling. ... I believe that giving a child opportunities to exercise autonomy early will help them develop into a curious, disciplined, connected adult. But it’s also clear that you can choose a few areas that you care about to practice diligently and effectively and produce outcomes way beyond anything a child would be able accomplish on their own. I think math should be one of those things, and Math Academy seems like they offer a great product for people looking for a one-stop solution to learn it."

Chris Sutherland: Life Update
2024-01-12. Chris shared an incredibly kind, thoughtful, and interesting review of The Math Academy Way. "I read two books recently that changed my world view completely. The first is The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch. The second is The Math Academy Way by Justin Skycak. The second book in particular has had a big impact on me recently. It reignited something in me that, I thought, had been completely extinguished. A passion and love for teaching and education in general."

Becket U: Newsletter #59
2024-11-28. Subsection "When Will I Ever Need to Use This?"

Becket U: Newsletter #58
2024-11-21. Subsection "Schools Were Never Optimized for Learning."

Becket U: Newsletter #56
2024-11-13. Subsection "The Mathematician Reforming Education."

Moontower: The Principles of Learning Fast (Full Doc, Newsletter)
2024-10-09. A month prior, Kris Abdelmessih came across my blog and made a list of 30 articles to read. Not only did he read them all (and even more!), but he also created an incredibly interesting and thoughtful synthesis of them all!

Education Next: The Tutoring Revolution
2024-10-08. Quoted regarding why it's necessary for students to receive individualized instruction and how Math Academy leverages the science of learning to accomplish this.

Austin Scholar #130: How (and why) to use my favorite online math app
2024-08-25. Includes a thoughtful review of The Math Academy Way.