The change we seek in education too often seems like a game of inches. If we truly believe in two sides of education reform (I

The first time I got to meet Pedro was November 24, 2009 at around 9am. My principal took a colleague and I to one of

… I decided to relaunch my YouTube account. I know, I’m beasting. I figure that I haven’t done much talking on video, so here’s a

“I don’t ever want to feel Like I did that day Take me to the place I love Take me all the way …” –

My taxi was driving down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, a warm breeze with my windows down, a contrast from what felt like fall weather

Given how little I advertised this, I’m glad so many of you got to watch this interview of me via C-SPAN’s Wasington Journal with Pedro

“If I woulda known what I knew in the past, I woulda been blacked out on your a …” – Kanye West, “Black Skinhead“ At

Let me first recommend everyone read Kristina Rizga’s Mission High: One School, How Experts Tried To Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made

“You see, mama? This is why, sometimes, I’d rather just be in jail. It’s much easier than this. This is too much.” Richard had just

I’m opting out of the latest testing results discussion. Columbia University professor Aaron Pallas astutely observed that every city and state politician came to their

A year ago, protestors all across the country elevated the souls of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and so many others who’d been brutally murdered at

The last time I went to the Dominican Day Parade, my youthful naiveté gave way for a conservatism I didn’t quite understand in myself. The

On Sunday, I had the pleasure of watching Seattle teacher, unionist / activist, and colleague Jesse Hagopian verbally spar with former US assistant Secretary of

Anyone who’s read this blog for a while knows that the New York Post isn’t a friend of this program, but can we talk about

A few years ago, John Holland and I started this blog called The Future of Teaching [now defunct], dedicated to the themes of the book

July is the month that teachers get to be teachers without students. I’ve now been to five cities over the course of the last month,

I did a lot of listening in the last month, mostly to teachers who just finished their first year of teaching. The sorts of things

Thanks for your patience. I’ve been to Atlanta, Washington D.C., and now San Antonio within the span of a week, spreading the “good word.” You’ve

As a follow-up to my post about the NEA’s new business item on institutional racism, here’s an excerpt from Fred Klonsky’s post: We white teachers

On Friday, the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly heard the names of the nine Charleston victims. They then attended to New Business Item B, which