Popular Articles
In addition to academic articles, I publish frequently in popular media spaces (print and video). Below are some examples of print media I've published for popular audiences, organized by subject area. To see podcasts I've appeared on and other video media I've released click here.
In addition to academic articles, I publish frequently in popular media spaces (print and video). Below are some examples of print media I've published for popular audiences, organized by subject area. To see podcasts I've appeared on and other video media I've released click here.
Thoughts on The Phenomenon of Childhood and Education
Thoughts on The Phenomenon of Childhood and Education
How We've Childproofed Our Cities (Review of Design of Childhood, by Alexandra Lange), Reason Magazine, January '19 Issue.
How We've Childproofed Our Cities (Review of Design of Childhood, by Alexandra Lange), Reason Magazine, January '19 Issue.
Kids Don't Need to be Well-Rounded; They Need to Be Passionate, Foundation for Economic Education, September 2017.
Kids Don't Need to be Well-Rounded; They Need to Be Passionate, Foundation for Economic Education, September 2017.
Why I No Longer Ask Kids How They are Doing in School, Foundation for Economic Education, May 2017.
Why I No Longer Ask Kids How They are Doing in School, Foundation for Economic Education, May 2017.
Don't Assume I'm Smarter Than My Contractor, Foundation for Economic Education, September 2015.
Don't Assume I'm Smarter Than My Contractor, Foundation for Economic Education, September 2015.
4 Reasons People Assume I'm Smarter Than My Contractor, Foundation for Economic Education, October, 2015.
4 Reasons People Assume I'm Smarter Than My Contractor, Foundation for Economic Education, October, 2015.
Self-Directed Education
Self-Directed Education
What They Need to Know: a Satire About Learning In and Out of School, Tipping Points, May 2020.
What They Need to Know: a Satire About Learning In and Out of School, Tipping Points, May 2020.
The Brain s a Learning (and Forgetting) Machine... Tipping Points, October 2019.
The Brain s a Learning (and Forgetting) Machine... Tipping Points, October 2019.
What if They Just...?, Tipping Points, June 2019.
What if They Just...?, Tipping Points, June 2019.
Self-Directed Education and the Changing Shape of Knowledge, Tipping Points, April 2018.
Self-Directed Education and the Changing Shape of Knowledge, Tipping Points, April 2018.
Self-Directed Education: As Social As It Gets, Tipping Points, February 2018.
Self-Directed Education: As Social As It Gets, Tipping Points, February 2018.
Time to Fail, Tipping Points, April 2018
Time to Fail, Tipping Points, April 2018
Learning Happens, Even When It Isn't the Goal, Tipping Points, December 2018.
Learning Happens, Even When It Isn't the Goal, Tipping Points, December 2018.
Ways of Thinking, Not School Subjects, Tipping Points, September 2018
Ways of Thinking, Not School Subjects, Tipping Points, September 2018
Taking Learning Into Their Own Hands, Tipping Points, April 2019.
Taking Learning Into Their Own Hands, Tipping Points, April 2019.
School Choice
School Choice
Is State Education Justified: An Appreciation of E.G. West's Education and the State, The Library of Economics and Liberty, April 2020.
Is State Education Justified: An Appreciation of E.G. West's Education and the State, The Library of Economics and Liberty, April 2020.
School Choice: Whether, Why, How, Cato Unbuond, May 2014 (This was the lead essay for an issue of Cato Unbound, where four scholars discuss a particular issue. This issue was on Entrepreneurship and Education).
School Choice: Whether, Why, How, Cato Unbuond, May 2014 (This was the lead essay for an issue of Cato Unbound, where four scholars discuss a particular issue. This issue was on Entrepreneurship and Education).
Five Types of School Choice, Learn Liberty, January 2017.
Five Types of School Choice, Learn Liberty, January 2017.
Let's Ditch One-Size-Fits-All Schooling, Foundation for Economic Education, August 2017.
Let's Ditch One-Size-Fits-All Schooling, Foundation for Economic Education, August 2017.
Why Schools Don't Learn, Foundation for Economic Education, April 2016.
Why Schools Don't Learn, Foundation for Economic Education, April 2016.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
A Certain Moral Blindness in an Age of Polarization, Electric Agora, December 2020
A Certain Moral Blindness in an Age of Polarization, Electric Agora, December 2020
Self-Knowledge, Self-Alienation, and the Curious Case of NXIVM, Electric Agora, October 2020
Self-Knowledge, Self-Alienation, and the Curious Case of NXIVM, Electric Agora, October 2020
Isaiah Berlin and a Messier Pluralism, Electric Agora, September 2020
Isaiah Berlin and a Messier Pluralism, Electric Agora, September 2020
Postmodernism As Truth in Advertising, Electric Agora, June 2019
Postmodernism As Truth in Advertising, Electric Agora, June 2019
Dirty Words (Review of Adams's In Praise of Profanity), Reason Magazine, January 2017.
Dirty Words (Review of Adams's In Praise of Profanity), Reason Magazine, January 2017.
"They" is Now Singular? Foundation of Economic Education, February 2016.
"They" is Now Singular? Foundation of Economic Education, February 2016.
Articles I've Been Interviewed for or Appeared In
Articles I've Been Interviewed for or Appeared In
School's Out... The Psychologist Magazine, February 2020
School's Out... The Psychologist Magazine, February 2020