Overview This could arguably be the shortest report I’ve produced for this organization yet. If the question we are asking is if there are meaningful differences in national child safety frameworks across the US, Canada, and the UK, then the answer is simple: no. More generally, of the nations considered here, Australia has the most … Read more
Overview Autodidacticism is puzzling: it presents the most obvious of observations, and yet it is totally revolutionary. It’s out of step with the dominant educational atmosphere, and yet it is altogether of the moment. It can feel like there’s nothing to tell young people about it, and yet it’s very important to emphasize it … Read more
Overview An old truism about political and legal philosophy is that every such theory rests on a theory of human nature. If you plan to design a political/legal system, then of course you will need to have a sense of the types of people who will be governed by that system. By analogy, I … Read more
Part 1: International Programs Overview The three most prominent international educational curricula are the AP, IB, and A Level. The first originates from the US, the second from Europe (founded in Switzerland by an international team), and the third is from the UK. Of the three, the IB is the only truly “international” … Read more
Research Overview The literature on edutainment is both utterly conclusive and entirely incomplete. It is conclusive in that study after study suggests that edutainment helps students learn. This idea has a long pedigree in having been voiced by towering figures such as Plato, Walter Benjamin, Dewey, Brecht, etc. To supplement those more theoretical claims, we … Read more