At school as an academic administrator, I find my instincts are not always spot-on. (Whose are?) However, especially when meeting with someone who promises…
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2023
Have We Done Enough?
In teaching, we’re in the very business of kids leaving us. Often we get them for one year –sometimes, if we’re lucky, for two…
2021
Time to Plant Tears
Lately, the world has been opening up here in our corner of Los Angeles, and I’ve been crying, a lot. Tears have arrived at…
2021
Seeking Sprawl
Lately I’ve come back to the same image when I fantasize about having every student back in the classroom, particularly the 8th graders I…
2019
Remembering What Matters With Elie Wiesel
For the past 18 years, I’ve taught at secular schools with their own rich sets of values. But Ariel Burger’s Witness: Lessons from Elie…
2019
Musical Madness for Four, or Fifty
This was a project of passion, not perfection — of journeying, not judging — just as it had been for the past six months,…
2019
From Couch to 5K, For Real
This is a story a story about coaching, mentoring, and teaching —about how our seemingly small comments and actions can accrue to become something…
2019
Elton John’s Hidden Curriculum
On the windowsill in my office, a large Ficus trees defies the odds, stretching its glossy leaves towards the window. It is a vestige…
