Reading Alone
The St. Louis County library system has announced it is making social workers available at several libraries as a standard...
Banning Books? Everyone Is a Censor
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. How do you feel about book-banning? This question was recently...
Part Three: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one and part two of this series here.) One of the primary problems in the affordable...
Flood of Federal Money Is Not a Free Pass for a Spending Binge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Jefferson City is awash in taxpayer cash. Missouri’s state...
Complete the Idea: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion—and Convergence (DEIC)
As I’ve shared before, my immigrant-turned-native-born family enjoyed and endured both the best and worst of America’s story. But my...
Yes, We Should Be Concerned About Critical Race Theory
Caroline Cureau was my great-great-grandmother. In 1902, Caroline married Onesiphore Sarafin Manade, my great-great-grandfather, and the couple moved from Louisiana...
Are Occupational Credentials the Answer to Educational Polarization?
As a scholar of education policy, three related facts have troubled me recently: Fact #1: Our economy and society are...
Action Civics: Teaching Students to Become Activists (Part 3 of 3)
In my previous two posts on action civics (which you can find here and here), I have suggested that this...
Action Civics: Teaching Students to Become Activists (Part 2 of 3)
In my previous post, I introduced readers to a concept known in education circles as action civics. As I noted...
