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The 40/40 Startup
The 40/40 Startup
Three Metrics-Driven Steps to Build a Successful Business
Braus
Feb 12
How to Defund the Police? Medicare For All.
How to Defund the Police? Medicare For All.
Medicare For All means more than you think and is the pragmatic answer to how to effectively transform public safety in this country
Braus
Jun 24, 2020
The New College Solution
The New College Solution
A New and Practical Solution to Improving Education
Braus
May 25, 2020
Kindness in the Time of COVID-19
Kindness in the Time of COVID-19
How to be kind and virtuous in complex times
Braus
May 1, 2020
Getting Started Oil Painting
Getting Started Oil Painting
A no-BS guide to what to buy when starting off oil painting ($150–$200)
Braus
Feb 1, 2020
The Missing Factor of Production: Power
The Missing Factor of Production: Power
A How-To Guide for Inequity and Exploitation
Braus
May 10, 2019
My Beef with the Business Model Canvas (with Free Download)
My Beef with the Business Model Canvas (with Free Download)
I was sick of it, so I made a better one
Braus
May 2, 2019
10 Easy Ways to Get Hard Skills
10 Easy Ways to Get Hard Skills
Higher education fails in one major way: they don’t train students in 21st century job-ready hard skills. Here’s how to fix that.
Braus
Apr 23, 2019
Alternatives to the UBI for the Impending Unemployment Apocalypse
Alternatives to the UBI for the Impending Unemployment Apocalypse
Could Medicare for All, Mass Transit, and Housing together be a better plan than Yang’s Universal Basic Income?
Braus
Apr 9, 2019
12 Dramatic Ways to Improve Higher Educational Equity
12 Dramatic Ways to Improve Higher Educational Equity
College should work for everyone.
Braus
Mar 28, 2019
Lies, Damned Lies, and The Value of a College Degree
Lies, Damned Lies, and The Value of a College Degree
The untold truth of how college hurts the poor and doesn’t help the wealthy, and how new, innovative colleges are the solution.
Braus
Nov 29, 2018
How About Education Based on Science🔬📕🤓
How About Education Based on Science🔬📕🤓
Evidence-based medicine has been in use for decades, and evidence-based education could learn a lot from .
Braus
Nov 25, 2018
10 Reasons the US Should Have A National Medicare Hotline
10 Reasons the US Should Have A National Medicare Hotline
Medicare For All would be the best option — but in its absence, we could start with phone calls to nurses.
Braus
Nov 23, 2018
3 Ways Computer Science Programs Can Reduce Student Burn Out
3 Ways Computer Science Programs Can Reduce Student Burn Out
How at Make School we design a school that maximizes learning and minimizes burnout.
Braus
Nov 22, 2018
SB827 Flopped — Could Mean Height Regulation (MHR) Be the Middle Way?
SB827 Flopped — Could Mean Height Regulation (MHR) Be the Middle Way?
Scott Wiener made waves last year when he proposed SB827 — what if there was a better solution for all sides?
Braus
Aug 13, 2018
Fareed Zakaria’s In Defense of a Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria’s In Defense of a Liberal Education
A New Take on Defending Liberal Education
Braus
Jul 31, 2018
10 Guidelines For Talking About Texts
10 Guidelines For Talking About Texts
Hard-won tips for how to talk productively about texts with a group of people
Braus
Jun 28, 2018
Airbnb is Dropping React Native — Should You Too?
Airbnb is Dropping React Native — Should You Too?
The short answer seems to be — “No” — but it is complicated.
Braus
Jun 20, 2018
The Metta Sutta — or On Kindness
The Metta Sutta — or On Kindness
A new English translation by Adam Braus of the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta — On Kindness.
Braus
Jun 16, 2018
Scaffolding for Developing Interest
Scaffolding for Developing Interest
Rethinking “scaffolding” — one of the most fundamental and unexamined parts of teaching.
Braus
Jun 5, 2018
The Book Proposal Canvas
The Book Proposal Canvas
Forget writing that 25 page book proposal
Braus
May 15, 2018
How Build Interest in Anyone About Anything
How Build Interest in Anyone About Anything
Fascinating new research on how to build interest in learners
Braus
May 7, 2018
God Bless You Mr. Klein — For Teaching Us about Extrinsic Motivation
God Bless You Mr. Klein — For Teaching Us about Extrinsic Motivation
Or how I stopped worrying and started to love extrinsic motivation
Braus
Apr 28, 2018
A New — and Old — Form of Feedback: The Don Rag
A New — and Old — Form of Feedback: The Don Rag
At Make School we use an innovative (and ancient) form of feedback — the Don Rag.
Braus
Apr 18, 2018
A Universal Basic Income Requires Universal Healthcare
A Universal Basic Income Requires Universal Healthcare
Why a Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Universal Social Security (USS) requires single-payor universal public healthcare.
Braus
Jan 20, 2018
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