I’m a journalist with more than two decades experience crafting complex, character-driven stories based on careful data analysis and reporting. I write news, features and profiles, but my speciality is education, both K-12 and higher ed. My work focuses on equity, both for students and teachers, and highlights gaps and innovations in equitable instruction and teacher workforce diversity.
Students enter college passionate about complex issues, but unable to argue without blowing up their friendships. These universities are teaching undergraduates how to debate with civility.
Ethnomathematics advocates say math instruction is too abstract and disconnected from life. They try to engage students by connecting math to culture.
Published in Chalkbeat, the Honolulu Civil Beat and the Hechinger Report.
I write for national publications including the Washington Post, USAToday, the Guardian and NBC News. I am a regular contributor to U.S. News & World Report and The 74 Million.
California’s ambitious state-wide rollout of transitional kindergarten has been bumpy. From toilets that are too big to missing after-school programs, districts face big challenges as they scramble to add a grade for four-year-olds.
Published in the Washington Post and the Hechinger Report.
How are educators coping with and addressing Islamophobia and antisemitism in classrooms? Ongoing war and protest have only spiked the number of hate-based incidents in schools. Here’s how teachers and administrators are confronting them.
Published in K12 Dive.