August 15, 2023 Here is Alice, lost in Wonderland and seeking direction from the Cheshire Cat: “Would you tell me, please, which way to go from here?” “That depends a
August 9, 2023 In her thoroughly researched and scrupulously fair-minded book Time to Think, Hannah Barnes relates the history and calamitous downfall of the Tavistock—England’s only child gender clinic. It’s
August 8, 2023 If you have been listening to any podcasts about educational innovation and neuroscience lately, you have probably come across the latest research from Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, an
August 7, 2023 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the voice that so many of us have in our heads. For many this voice is critical; it shares the
August 2, 2023 Is culture driving us crazy—in a good way? A Science Alert from late June of this year compared the chaotic patterns of the jet streams—the currents of
July 31, 2023 No two journeys are ever alike, because no two pupils are ever alike —Daniel Quinn I spent the best two months of my life during the summer
July 27, 2023 Empathy is a crucial aspect of our relationship with the living world. “True empathy is not self-focused but other-oriented. Instead of making humanity the measure of all
July 26, 2023 In what feels like a divided, screenbound world, here’s something I think most Americans would agree on: we need to re-learn how to talk (and listen) to each
July 25, 2023 “If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going.” “Professor” Irvin Corey A sea squirt will metabolize its own brain. This hermaphroditic organism produces
July 18, 2023 I covered the disastrous impact that eugenic thinking had on high school design in my previous post. So, I was interested to see its continuing impact in the