I’m getting ready to go back to NYC, this time to serve as the speaker for World Brooklyn on March 31, at 1 pm., to take place at Brooklyn Friends School. The day’s theme is: Ideas for Raising Citizens of Tomorrow, and the question organizers pose is: How do you bring the world to your…
Today is the start of a New Year, coming a day after Naw Ruz, the first day of spring in the Persian, Zoroastrian and Bahai calendars. Sophia and I started the year in honor of slain Trayvon Martin. At 8 years old, she thought it was important that we take this picture. Yesterday was the…
I shared my thoughts on the KONY2012 viral video and the polarizing debate on Tony Jackson’s Asia Society Global Learning blog at Education Week, here, and I’ve pasted the full piece below. I’m gratified to hear that high school teachers are using the framework and questions I’ve outlined with students. If we can take the…
I’m mad this morning. My eight-year old (8!, yes, just 8! in third grade!) is a nervous wreck. Today is the first day of PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, or Pissed Students Seriously Anxious?!) Standardized testing at her school. They’ve been prepping for weeks (or is it months?) to score stellar points on the…
I’m sorting through my thoughts on the debate about KONY2012, prompted by the viral video made by Invisible Children (Here: KONY2012). If Invisible Children just showed up last year and made this film I’d feel worse about their cause. Certainly, they shouldn’t be seen as the panacea. But they’ve been around since 2003 and they…
I love International Women’s Day. I remember great lectures in honor of this day in college, visiting my old hometown Fort Wayne, Indiana for their 99th annual city-wide celebration of the day, and just love the thought of a pause in the calendar to honor heroic women. I realize everyday should be International Women’s Day,…
