Thanks for visiting! Here you’ll find more about me, my thoughts, my writing, and other projects. Also, please check out Failing Schools if you’re looking for more first-person perspectives on the school reform debate as it affects America’s struggling public schools. The next evolution of that project, Reclaiming Reform, soft-launched this past February.
LISTEN:
- Back to School, Fall 2011: Talking about school funding & infrastructure issues on the Michael Eric Dyson Show
- “Stories of Struggle & Hope“: interviews with CUNY Professor Michelle Fine, high school student organizer Tabrian Joe, and me during the Save Our Schools Conference. Thanks to Deborah Polin & Tim Scott of Education Radio. (My segment begins around minute 32)
- BlogTalkRadio interview with Cynematic & Donna Schwartz Mills of MOMocrats
WATCH: “Engaging Progressives in the Fight to Save Public Education” with NEA VP Lily Eskelsen, Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Dr. Kevin Welner of the National Education Policy Center, and me. Video by Free Speech TV.
Favorite Guest Posts:
- at First Book, on why we read & why books are important
- at Peoplegogy: 5 Questions for the Prospective PreK-12 Teacher
Recent entries at The Huffington Post:
- A People (em-)Powered Evaluation System
- ‘Bad’ Women, Teachers, and Politics
- Why the #EdSOTU Matters (or, ‘A Tale of Two Speeches’)
- The Other Trouble with ‘Elites’
- SFC & SB 130: “Innovating” Around Teacher Voice?
- How Do We Move Mountains?