Brad Kershner, PhD

Today’s conversation was a delight and scratched a deep philosophical itch in being able to speak with Brad Kershner. Author of Understanding Educational Complexity, school leader of Kimberton Waldorf School, …

You are a Dividual

It’s funny how we can use a word seemingly forever without noticing that is a compound on some level. People are “Individuals”, in the sense that can’t be divided (much …

The Agalmic Future!

“The study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods.“ “”I work for the betterment of everybody, not just some narrowly defined national interest, Pam. It’s the agalmic …

An Algorithm for Humans?

I become quite excited when I see forward thinking about topics I’m passionate about, from sources that would otherwise surprise me. I have been listening to “Getting Smarter” Podcast as …

What’s it take it “Make It”

The current narrative containing the trope of get college degree-> retire, is not playing out. The employment marketplace requires people to “pay to play” with the 4 “Life Currencies“: Competency, …

Teachers do it for the $

How much do we as a society value the intergenerational transmission of information? How well do we compensate those doing the work? Are we attempting to hold educators responsible for …

What counts as a medical intervention?

In London 1854, there was a cholera outbreak, and through the detective work of John Snow, it was discovered there was a polluted well, which when closed contained the outbreak. …

School of the 21st Century (21C)

Dang, a much better name than OneSchool. Yale School of Medicine Edward Zigler Center in Child Development’s School of the 21st Century is a program to provide communities with resources …