It was March 9, a cold and overcast day in the northeast, when the Bari Weiss article, The Miseducation of America’s Elites, appeared on the Internet. Two days later, on
I was taught in school to hate Japan and the Japanese people. I grew up in a rural area in central China. My grandfather and great uncle fought in the
Many people have called me “baby doll” affectionately on different occasions. I always took it as a compliment for my youthful look. Now, after traveling down the 170-year history lane
Caitlin Flanagan is right: “private schools are indefensible.” There is a reckoning long overdue for private-independent schools and the well-intentioned educators who work within them about the seriously significant impact
By Haiyun Lu, Chinese language teacher, University School of Milwaukee (WI) It was the morning of March 17, 2021. I was standing in the kitchen, waiting for the tea kettle to
Words matter. At the risk of stating the obvious, the source of the words also matters. While I am appalled at the anti-Asian behavior of what I hope is an
In the previous segments of this series, we framed the challenges for a systemic approach to DEI considering the visible & invisible parts of this work. The goal is a
As a teenager growing up in a small-town in the foothills of Northern California, I remember being shocked watching the beating of Rodney King. I was even more astonished when
This post is republished from Scott McLeod’s blog, “Dangerously Irrelevant.” Following up on my previous post, I’m going to share a fantastic blog post from Michael Kaechele: I have grown weary
Part III of “What’s the Real Plan for DEI?” was primarily about alignment with the various constituencies and interest groups at your school, completing the strategy portion or top half