Braus Blog

College should work for everyone.

The untold truth of how college hurts the poor and doesn’t help the wealthy, and how new, innovative colleges are the solution.

Evidence-based medicine has been in use for decades, and evidence-based education could learn a lot from .

Medicare For All would be the best option — but in its absence, we could start with phone calls to nurses.

How at Make School we design a school that maximizes learning and minimizes burnout.

Scott Wiener made waves last year when he proposed SB827 — what if there was a better solution for all sides?

A New Take on Defending Liberal Education

Hard-won tips for how to talk productively about texts with a group of people

The short answer seems to be — “No” — but it is complicated.

A new English translation by Adam Braus of the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta — On Kindness.

Rethinking “scaffolding” — one of the most fundamental and unexamined parts of teaching.

Forget writing that 25 page book proposal

Fascinating new research on how to build interest in learners

Or how I stopped worrying and started to love extrinsic motivation

At Make School we use an innovative (and ancient) form of feedback — the Don Rag.

Why a Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Universal Social Security (USS) requires single-payor universal public healthcare.

By not growing smart, San Francisco is condemning itself to its own nightmare: slowly becoming Manhattan, but adopting zoning strategies…

New tools from the justice system are supercharging creative companies.

A recommendation from the lead of the Product College at Make School.

How to bring the Finnish educational system to the US.

You’ve heard of Unschooling and Uncollege — the Ungradschool and UnPhD is closer than you think…

My story of trying to understand reincarnation in Buddhism and its relationship to Loving-Kindness.

How The Product College at Make School is reinventing higher education.

Or, “How to Make Lawyer-Money Without the Student Debt”