September 19, 2023 It was 2004 when a teacher of color was sent by the girls’ school at which he taught to Hawaii for the People of Color Conference (POCC).
August 31, 2023 While I readily admit that my reflections and opinions about admissions to highly selective colleges and universities will not result in any changes to the recent affirmative
August 30, 2023 There are some notable parallels between the predicament of the current screenwriters’ and actors’ strikes and the situation independent schools and teachers are facing now and in
August 28, 2023 Images are a vital part of how we construct our understanding of our world; depending on who we are and what we believe, the same image can
August 21, 2023 In the recent Hollywood movie, Oppenheimer, an ideological battle between socialism or communism and loyalty to country rages in the head of the protagonist. In one of
July 10, 2023 In an age of book bans, technology bans, and polarized politics it’s hard to imagine anyone signing up to teach civics. To say the climate is bad
June 12, 2023 When I was fresh from college and unsure what came next, I found myself in a career-counseling session that suggested I wasn’t very good at a great
May 23, 2023 On Sunday, April 2, 2023, I read an interesting and provocative article by Frank Bruni that was published in the New York Times. The title of the
May 1, 2023 Those who “believe” they have the answers to present urgencies are terribly dangerous. —Donna Haraway When we try to solve problems, when we see ourselves as change-makers,
April 25, 2023 Earlier this year I read that the College Board would offer a new AP course in Precalculus beginning in the fall of 2023. What struck me right