Mar 51 minInvesting in Teachers is an American Jobs StrategyI have asked my workforce development colleagues to invest in the educator workforce for years. They always tell me, "we don't do teacher...
Mar 51 minTeachers Are Not OK. Be Patient and Kind.This Scary Mommy piece (~5 min read) is my first ever to go viral. Within hours of it being online, people shared the article hundreds of...
Mar 41 minSocial Emotional Learning and America's Culture WarsA few months ago, educators started telling me about the parent pushback they were getting on their social emotional learning lessons and...
Dec 1, 20211 minCulture Wars Keep Kids From Being Able to Learn & HealThis past year, schools have been ground zero for America's culture wars. My latest piece in EdSurge (~5 min. read) talks about what that...
Oct 29, 20211 minFrom the 4Cs of Keeping Schools Open to the 4Cs of Student SuccessThis ~5 min piece for Getting Smart illuminates the tension between what it takes to keep schools open in Covid times and what it takes...
Oct 15, 20211 minThe Pandemic is Only One Disaster Today's Kids Will FaceThis ~5 min EdSurge opinion piece is a plea to education leaders to future shock-proof our schools. It is something cities and...
Aug 9, 20211 minWhat Does a Changing World Mean For Teacher Preparation?In this ~1 hour-long episode of Teaching and Learning: Theory v Practice with Dr. Amy and Dr. Joi, I dig in deep with education...
Aug 9, 20212 minPreparing Today's Kids for a Tech-Saturated Learning EconomyA couple of weeks ago, I sat down with Amy Baron from Convergent Learning for her podcast, Upskilled, an Ed Tech Podcast. You can listen...
Jun 25, 20211 minCaring for Kids and Families is Good for the US EconomyLast week, I sat down with Veronica Goodman, Director of Social Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), to talk about Making It...
Jun 1, 20215 minThe May Makings of a Virtual Book Tour Get a sneak peek at what happened in May on my virtual (basement) book tour. Pro tips at the end on how to launch a book in a pandemic.
Apr 26, 20211 minPart 2 with Josh Reppun on "What School Could Be in Hawaii" Last week, I got to catch up with Josh Reppun on his podcast, What School Could Be in Hawaii. Josh has quickly become one of my favorite...
Apr 13, 20211 minLongtime Partnership Focused on Making Youth Readiness a Right I met Karen Pittman, founder, and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, when she spoke at a Washington University social work school...
Apr 6, 20211 minEducators Must Become Currency-BuildersOn this podcast with the New Hampshire ASCD affiliate, I talk with NHASCD executive director Jan Yost and my longtime friend, Kim Carter,...
Apr 2, 20212 minToday's Kids Need More Than Tech and AcademicsIn this ~30 min. EdSurge podcast, I talk to senior editor, Jeff Young, about the competencies that count in the real world. We start with...
Mar 22, 20211 minMore Than Ever, Young People Need Currency-BuildersOn this guest blog for the Skillman Foundation in Detroit, I explore why education and youth development must expand horizons, looking...
Mar 3, 20211 minCurrency-Building as a Kuleana (Responsibility)After two years of laboring, Making It: What Today's Kids Need for Tomorrow's World was born yesterday. I sat down with Josh Reppun, host...
Feb 23, 20211 minPreparing Kids for a Fast-Changing & Uncertain WorldA few days ago, I connected with Michael Horn to talk about Making It and what the many accelerated and disruptive changes around us mean...
Feb 10, 20211 minReadiness, Opportunity, and the Right to a Decent LifeI had such fun joining Tom Vander Ark on his "Getting Smart" podcast, which aired earlier this week. I'm a longtime fan of Tom and his...
Jan 20, 20211 minThe Top 10 Ways to Help Kids Beat Stress in 2021I always planned to start a new opinion series before the release of Making It, but I didn't know where to start. And then January 6...
Nov 27, 20181 min10 Readiness Abilities Young People Need to Graduate and Ever AfterIn this 2018 opinion piece for YouthToday, I dig into the 10 competencies that we use the most in adulthood. These are the habits and...