Apply Mental Models in New Ways to Surmount Old Obstacles

I’ve been reading Range by David Epstein, a book I will expound upon once I have finished it. But a key concept that he introduces early in the book is that in order to become a truly transformational thinker in your field of expertise, you have to have a wide range of experiences that you… Continue reading Apply Mental Models in New Ways to Surmount Old Obstacles

“F@#$ School F@#$ Softball F@#$ Cheer F@#$ Everything.” The Supreme Court Clarifies Limitations on Schools’ Ability to Regulate Free Expression

The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021 Seated from left to right: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor Standing from left to right: Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. Photograph by Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

Cincinnati writer and educator Jack Jose explores the recent Supreme Court decision protecting a student’s profanity-laden anti-school rant.

Things Really Are Better Than You Think: Lessons from Factfulness

Cincinnati writer Jack Jose looks at Hans Rosling’s book Factfulness and what Rosling called the negativity instinct. We can learn to see things as they are, which is not always so bad.

I was 51 the first time I worked in a place that runs like an American factory-model school classroom

Cincinnati author and educator Jack Jose examines the parallels between factory work and many American factory-model school classrooms.

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