Fifty years ago today, one of the strongest advocates for equality in education and society at large was silenced. With the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, African-Americans across the country mourned the loss of a man whose... Read More

Adam is a 6-year-old boy with speech and learning challenges. He’s courageous, but he is hurting. His future hangs in the balance. Adam has a hard time expressing himself in words. The only person in the world who understood him... Read More

If you haven’t seen this video demonstrating the power of a good teacher, stop reading this blog now and watch it. You’ll see the tearful surprise that high school chorus teacher Gabrielyn Watson received as she returned to work after a... Read More

This “wait” has almost always meant “never.” … “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.” —Martin Luther King Jr., Letter From Birmingham Jail In honor of Dr. King’s legacy, a mentor-friend of mine, Peter Meyer, sent me an EducationNext report that... Read More

I once heard a teacher say rather matter-of-factly that she hoped her fourth-grade student, let’s call him Juan, would one day get a job as a mechanic. I quipped, “I hope he gets a job as a mechanical engineer.” Juan... Read More

Each day, my eighth-grade daughter sheds traits of childhood and morphs more into a young adult. At 5-foot-6, she’s just half-inch shorter than me, often mistaken as my younger sister. We’re even having honest (I hope) conversations about boys. But... Read More