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Humans who can maintain the interior orientation and do not resign in the face of external challenges are the long-term survivors Laurence Gonzales writes in his first book.
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Though it has its weaknesses, Teach for America is a vital opportunity to put passionate teachers into schools that need them.
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The difference in the way teachers are treated overseas is striking, Tom Bloch says.
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A morally-informed citizenry starts in the schools, Tom Bloch believes.
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Tom Bloch observes that we are rapidly losing ground to overseas education systems.
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Tom Bloch says charter schools provide a new level of choice for families.
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Tom Bloch sees a major achievement gap between the haves and the have-nots in the US.
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Incentivizing teachers through salaries is an avenue toward progress at Tom Bloch’s University Academy.
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Tom Bloch needed a break from the all-consuming nature of being a CEO.
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Tom Bloch summarizes the charter school he founded in Kansas City.
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A culture based on the systematic disposal of potentially useful material items inspired Laurence Gonzales to ask some hard questions.
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The universities where Laurence Gonzales has taught have replaced the rules of scholarship with the rules of business.
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Citing TV as a primary example, Laurence Gonzales says there are simply not enough opportunities for thought.
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Socrates would say any medium of inquiry is worthless if it’s making us shallower.
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With technology, our gain in efficiency is another person’s loss in toxicity says Laurence Gonzales.
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Laurence Gonzales says being aware of our behavioral patterns is the first step in noticing how we make mistakes.
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Being more inefficient on purpose can bring the irrelevancy of our efficient behavior to light Laurence Gonzales notes.
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Relying on a system of mental models can confuse associations with reality says Laurence Gonzales. .
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Author Laurence Gonzales charts recent human de-evolution.
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In his book, Laurence Gonzales goes from human behavior to the cosmos in an attempt to explain why smart people do stupid things.