Come ride along with me while I detour from the regular education route of my monthly column. Go with me to Spain, to the streets of Barcelona on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2018. I was marching that day …
Every semester, I faced new classes of writing students. With rare exceptions, I didn’t know any of them. Reading names from the class list was like trying to pin paper dolls with their …
In its 2022 report to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Parents’ Council said public education should address students’ diverse learning needs, including learning gaps and unfinished learning. …
My writing student, an army veteran, struggled with our course but had made it to the day near the end of the semester when students were submitting their required writing portfolios. He came …
When President Biden signed an executive order last week that canceled college student loans up to $20,000. America restarted on a long overdue shift back to the idea that education is a common good. …
Back in the 1980s, when the City of Lansing was building the Lansing Center on Michigan Avenue, the idea was sold to politicians as an attraction for conferences and exhibitions. Our part of the …
People get excited about luck. They chalk up their outcomes to luck. Good or bad. When it's good luck, everyone is smiling, including, some people think, God. The stars have aligned in their favor. I …
I frequent bookstores. Sometimes I go there to find a new book. To read in a comfy chair. To watch people finding books, and reading in their comfy chairs. In addition to new and used books, …
It’s the end of Black History Month, and I want to draw attention to Black clergy. Clergy have all-encompassing vocation. They can be found pretty much everywhere. They marry and bury people. They keep the Black community on stable ground. They speak from the pulpit and also in the street. They mediate when there is race-based civil conflict.
In education, the time for taking stock is June. That’s the end of the academic year. Time for final examinations. Report cards. Graduations and diplomas. Academics is why schools exist.
