How To Make the Next LAUSD Superintendent Successful
The Los Angeles Unified School District is—once again—in search of a leader. There have been nine superintendents in the last two decades, much more turnover and change in direction than a thriving organization can withstand. The school board is rightly concerned with more instability. In recent days, the notoriously fractious LAUSD board has been making […]
Go, Visit the Whitney Plantation
I’m delighted to see that the Whitney Plantation, just upriver from New Orleans, is getting the attention it deserves. Shortly after it opened, I wrote about the plantation devoted exclusively to telling the story of slavery in my EdWeek column ‘On California.’ Now the Whitney is making lists of “must-see” places for 2018. “These destinations […]
Nomadland: Exploring America’s Mobile Army of Older Workers
Jessica Bruder’s superbly-crafted book about wandering workers pitches itself as a mixture of resilience and economic fragility, of strong wills and empty gas tanks. It is that, certainly, and more. It’s a jumping off point for a reflection on how America got to the place that a RV army of at least 20,000 roams the […]