In addition to my work as an educator, I am passionate about writing and have worked for many years as a freelance journalist and op-ed writer.
Primarily I write on issues of education policy and classroom pedagogy, and often the connection between the two.
The Boston Globe
The We Are America Project November 2019
Why School Counselors Matter November 23, 2018
Civics Should be a Required Course in Mass Schools April 5, 2018
A Young Refugee Becomes a Citizen and Calls the US Home February 19, 2018
Screen Mass Children for Literacy October 4, 2017
The Criminalization of School Kids September 4, 2017
Refugee Students Teach an Important Lesson about Immigration February 2, 2017
Tackling Teen Sexual Harassment January 2, 2017
Building Trust Between Schools and Families October 6, 2016
Keeping teen moms in School May 21, 2016
Keep Kids Out of Detention March 11, 2016
Learning Can’t be Done in One Draft January 21, 2016
Thinking beyond MCAS and PARCC November 18, 2015
Teaching should be a team sport October 13, 2015
Undocumented students should get college aid August 20, 2015
The summer reading list we really need July 16, 2015
Food security in a backpack May 26, 2015
Teach civics in schools – but do it right April 18, 2015
The Boston Globe Magazine
The Contradictions of the Classroom May 7, 2013
In the Classroom, Making Classic Literature Matter August 26, 2012
Blueberry Fields Forever August 10, 2011
Educational leadership magazine
Seeing Their Strengths December 2019
ADLit.org Blog: Making History
Blog Announcement: Making History, May 2023
Tasting History in the Classroom, March 2023
Education Week
Special Report: 10 Big Ideas in Education, Two Powerful Forces Changing College Admissions January 2019
The washington post
The Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs September 7, 2017
Thinking Critical about Democracy and Education reform in Thailand July 30, 2015
the 74 million organization
the huffington post
What Do I Say to My Students November 9, 2016
What kind of justice, 34 years after the Khmer Rouge Genocide August 8, 2014
Extraordinary Ordinary People July 13, 2014
Why I Vote November 1, 2012
harvard ed. magazine
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Belonging June 2020
The Troublemakers January, 2018
Do the Right Thing (But How?) August 24, 2016
usable knowledge
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Helping Teachers Manage the Weight of Trauma September 26, 2018
The Strength of Immigrant Students April 26, 2018
Digital Literacy For Digital Natives January 17, 2018
Tasting History November 2017
Don’t Teach Alone August 2017
Making Learning Visible June 14, 2017
Navigating the College Maze April 3, 2017
Optimism Stronger than Fear March 1, 2017
Can We Talk? January 28, 2017
Students as Teachers December 20, 2016
Safe in School November 28, 2016
Rush Hours October 26, 2016
Pocket Connector October 3, 2016
How do You Change a Culture? September 12, 2016
Civics Gets Real June 2, 2016
How to Get Better May 9, 2016
Teacher Tested March 22, 2016
The Stories of Their Lives February 9, 2016
It’s Good – Let’s make it Great! January 17, 2016
Go, Team December 7, 2015
A Parents’ Night Recipe November 2, 2015
Wanted: Time to Collaborate October 13, 2015
Back to School August 26, 2015
The Princeton Alumni Weekly
Selections from a total of 27 articles
Feature articles
First in the Family December 3, 2014
Designing in Green March 12, 2012
First in the Family December 3, 2014
Other articles
Yusufi Vali ’05: Reaching Out April 6, 2016
Paul Roberts ’85: A New Ministry March 2, 2016
David Kuwayama *08: Helping Hands in Congo January 13, 2016
Playing Latino, on Stage and Screen, Faculty Book: Brian Herrera June 3, 2015
Dan Biederman '75: Parks and Recreation March 4, 2015
Life of the Mind: Stereotypes: Mind the Gender Gap October 22, 2014
Life of the Mind: Politics: Training Africa’s Leaders March 19, 2014
Setting Things Straight June 5, 2013
Learning the Roads July 6, 2011