New York
Believe It Or Not, Free College Comes With a Price
To much fanfare and press releases, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced his free college plan for families in the state earning less than $125,000 a year. There are many problems with...
California
America's Students Have to Be the Hope We Can Believe In
I went through all of high school and most of college with President Barack Obama. I am part of a micro-generation of Americans whose notions of politics and what it means to be American were...
Diversity
I Was at the 'Hamilton' Performance With Mike Pence and I Saw Something You Didn't See on Twitter
By the time I was running down 46th Street to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City this past Friday night, I’d been consuming all things "Hamilton" for months. I had the book. I’d watched...
Diversity
Congratulations on Being a Good Person, But That Doesn't Excuse Racism.
Dear America, We must do better. After too many highly-publicized murders of Black men at the hands of police, I am reminded of how much further we have to go as a country. How many times will we as...
Teaching
Our Schools Need Social Justice Warriors, Not Status-Quo Embracers
As we dive head first into this school year, I urge teachers, parents and leaders to think deeply about the mission of schooling and the mission of teaching. In today’s racial and political climate,...
Teaching
Teens Talk About Racism
Martina, a high school sophomore, told her teacher she was nervous about talking with students from other schools about race. As she boarded the yellow school bus to participate in the annual Teens...
