Building an Optimistic FutureI derive immense joy from creating schools where children love to learn and nurture a positive culture. Every day I see young people…Apr 16, 2023A response icon2Apr 16, 2023A response icon2
Addressing the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis through Connection, Community, Meaning, and PurposeMichael Strong, The Socratic ExperienceApr 1, 2023A response icon1Apr 1, 2023A response icon1
Meaning at The Socratic ExperienceThe Socratic Experience (TSE) is a virtual school, grades 3–12, based on my lifetime of creating innovative schools. Someone recently asked…Dec 27, 2022A response icon1Dec 27, 2022A response icon1
Published inAge of AwarenessEducational Choice as a Life or Death MatterThe greatest moral urgency in K12 education today is the public health catastrophe of adolescence. While here I will focus on the shocking…Oct 16, 2022A response icon3Oct 16, 2022A response icon3
Not surprisingly, an analogous argument to the one I make in "Evolutionary Mismatch as a Causal…https://flowidealism.medium.com/evolutionary-mismatch-as-a-causal-factor-in-adolescent-dysfunction-and-mental-illness-d235cc85584May 8, 2021May 8, 2021
The Most Chilling Aspect of Elizabeth Bertholet’s Thought on HomeschoolingHarvard Law professor Elizabeth Bartholet gained national attention recently for articles arguing that there should be a presumptive ban…May 29, 2020A response icon4May 29, 2020A response icon4
Schooling in the U.S.:Suppose there was a cabal of evil geniuses who decided to force teens into labor camps where 56% were disengaged, 75% had negative…Apr 13, 2020A response icon1Apr 13, 2020A response icon1
Evolutionary Mismatch as a Causal Factor in Adolescent Dysfunction and Mental Illness“In the 1990s, about 40 young elephants were taken a few hundred miles closer to Johannesburg, to a newly constructed nature reserve…Jul 8, 2019A response icon4Jul 8, 2019A response icon4