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To Reimagine Education, We Need Wild(er) Designs
Is anything actually changing in American education reform?
In some ways, yes!
There are new school models taking root, new ways of thinking about measuring what matters, and new efforts to uncover the next big idea for the field.
Good t...
This Moment Calls for Wisdom -- But What Kind?
Throughout 2026, Jane Shore and I have been contemplating the art of being human -- and the irreducible characteristics that make us who we are.
This month’s topic is wisdom, which, after reading Jane’s stirring visual story, made me wond...
America’s Independent Schools Have a Growing Access Problem
Earlier this week, in front of a video audience of more than 500 people, a mixture of economists (Harvard’s Raj Chetty), philanthropists (the E.E. Ford Foundation) and educators (yours truly) set out to tell a story in three acts.
The stor...
The Big Swing Series (Episode One): The Great Balance Wheel
What are the most consequential ideas in the history of American education -- and what should be this country’s next “big swing?”
In conjunction with the E.E. Ford Foundation’s recently-announced decision to find (and fund) such an idea, I...
What is Kintsugi Heart?
Two summers ago, I completed a ten-part creative writing project.
I called it Kintsugi because it felt akin to the Japanese art of repairing broken objects with gold.
From the pieces of our past, we are formed and re-formed.
What, then,...
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