Are we trying to get inside or are we creating new spaces? Years ago living in Madrid, my husband and I were on one of our long walks, circling back from el casco antiguo nearing La Plaza del Sol, now the central meeting place for […]
On the Conversation with Cornel West, Michael Moore & Esther Armah The Beginning is Near conversation with Cornel West and Michael Moore presented by the Brecht Forum at Hunter College Friday night, really should’ve included more of Esther Armah’s voice. Although simply the moderator who for the most […]
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer By Walt Whitman When I heard the learn’d astronomer,When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,How soon unaccountable […]
I’ve got a hole in my pocket much bigger than a quarter. A year ago in Abu Dhabi I lived amongst riches, slept between white crisp bed sheets that were laundered every day by mostly Indian or Thai hotel workers, who shamefully became a natural part of my backdrop—the […]
In the field of education, Wade Boykin of Howard University and Pedro Noguera of New York University presented together at ASCD’s annual conference last Saturday. The topic was closing the achievement gap. The solution calls for a whole child education, a term meant to encompass the latest approach to schooling. […]
On The Role of Interpretation In Collaboration with Carla Abdel-Karim “Education is one of the most powerful tools and important pillars of a flourishing nation: without it a society can wither and die… No amount of infrastructure, from highways to high-rises or televisions to telecommunications, can ever equal the power of education. It is our […]
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