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The national trend toward integration is gathering momentum
Unlike every fresh Donal Trump insult, the push to re-integrate American schools has not gone viral. Yet. Most Rochesterians, like most...
May 3, 20163 min read


We have to be in it for the long haul
At a rally after the Newtown shootings, I listened to Marian Wright Edelman exhort concerned citizens to be like fleas on the back of the...
Nov 9, 20153 min read


Replicating success
Soon the Great Schools for All coalition will propose legislation to enable school districts in Monroe County to collaborate across...
Oct 5, 20152 min read


A Tale of Two Classrooms
Capacity: The maximum amount that something can sustain. Raleigh N.C., real estate developer Bill Fletcher shared with us that the...
Aug 31, 20153 min read
We know what to do, but will we do it?
I am running out of patience. Like most educators I am by nature an optimist. I have thought and written about the issues of poverty and...
Aug 24, 20153 min read


Let’s work at finding our ‘Yes Zone’
I write this from Jamison Square in the heart of the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. This urban beach is Portland’s biggest kid...
Jul 20, 20153 min read
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