First Person Essays
In late 2020, educators and policymakers were questioning the usefulness of assessments in light of the pandemic and questions about the role of standardized exams in reproducing educational inequity. Haley Lucas weighed in on the debate with her essay, Will the coronavirus mean the end of the SHSAT? I hope so.
Dale Mcenany wrote about his experiences with homelessness to critique housing policy in the U.S. He argues that we rely too much on schools to fix systemic social welfare problems in his essay In high school, I was homeless. To help more students like me get to college, look beyond education policy.
Podcasts
In Race, Space, and Urban Schools, my students create a podcast series about New York City public schools, the largest and most racially segregated school district in the United States. Tracing back to the practices of redlining and de jure and de facto segregation, they explore concepts of gentrification, race, and more contemporary issues such as the fomentation of charter schools, school testing, and tracking.
As an educator, I want my students to be able to see the connections between history, research, and their own experiences in schools to analyze current school debates about policy and practice. My classes are discussion-based, collaborative, and community-oriented.