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About Ian Cox

Ian Cox teaches Leadership, Classics, and Innovative Thinking for high school students at Colesville Academy in Cedar City, Utah. Ian is a featured speaker for Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd.org) and runs a one-on-one Mentoring Service by phone and online for youth and adults seeking a quality, classical leadership education. Ian mentors students and businessmen and women of all ages and levels. He has mentored, both individually and in classes, book discussions, speech and debate, simulations, writing, economics, history, classical math, personal mission discovery, and classics—all mixed together with whatever fascinating tangential topics come along. Ian is a popular keynote speaker at educational and business events. He loves reading, basketball, and discussing deep ideas on history and political science. Ian and his wife Emma have three sons and two daughters.
11 02, 2025

Rediscovering History

Lessons Beyond the Classroom "Not another chapter of names and dates," she groaned, slumping in her desk chair as the Teacher distributed yet another stack of history worksheets. "History is just so... boring." The teacher's response was predictable: "Page 216, everyone. Today we'll be memorizing [...]

3 11, 2022

Introducing TJEd Depth

I am really ecstatic that it’s finally time to make the official announcement: The TJEd Depth mentoring programis now open for pre-enrollment! There are many influences for both good and bad in the world today. The media battle is raging. The best way through these [...]

29 08, 2022

The New Age of Freedom? By Ian Cox 

The Development of Free Societies and Economies in Modern Time Throughout history, the greatest prospect for a new people to gain their freedom and produce prosperity was through an exodus, a maturation period, and then a step into their golden age. In today’s world, this [...]

17 02, 2022

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4 08, 2020

Principles vs. Process & The 3 Fundamental Actions

by Ian Cox Let me give away the ending right now and share The 3 Fundamental Actions of the TJEd process: read, read, read; discuss a lot; and mentor. That’s the TJEd process. Really. It’s as simple as that. At the core of everything (The [...]

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