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Oct 25, 20173 min read
Enhancing Our Humanity through AI
A recent NY EdTech Meetup kicked off with a clip from the film iRobot, with Will Smith bravely facing off against Artificial...
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Oct 24, 20178 min read
Giving Voice to Changing Paradigms
Paradigm shifts are occurring in many areas of society, from how we think about education to how we define gender, from models of...
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Oct 20, 20173 min read
I’d Like to Buy a Used 747, Please (or Lessons from Sir Richard)
Sir Richard Branson came to the Upper West Side last night and did not disappoint. In conversation with Adam Sorkin, New York Times...
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Oct 17, 20175 min read
School Anxiety: No Helicopter Parents Needed
Remember the Feber method, or as it is also known, “gradual extinction”? That’s the method of sleep conditioning for babies and toddlers...
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Oct 11, 20175 min read
Pledging Allegiance to the United Disgrace of Football
It’s going to take a while for people to people to understand that the paradigm of American football, like that of traditional education,...
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Oct 8, 20177 min read
Tom Petty: An All American Bad Boy Gone Too Soon
When Jakob Dylan inducted Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, he shared the following story:...
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Oct 5, 20175 min read
Counting Doesn't Account for Enough When It Comes to Gun Violence
A New York Times editorial 477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action from Congress presents a straightforward accounting of the past year...
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Oct 4, 20176 min read
Prioritizing Education in the Midst of an Apocalypse
It’s hard not to feel post-apocalyptic in the face of so much tumult. Harvey, Irma, and Maria have proven that Bill Nye is not the only...
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