Category: Wisdom
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If universities refuse to replace research funding lost to political discrimination, they cannot punish the scholars whose work the government erased. This week, I attended a meeting of Cardinal Courage, a nonpartisan, multigenerational coalition of Stanford alumni and allies working to defend academic freedom and resist political interference in universities. As a Stanford alumnus, I…
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When Dolly Parton died, the world did not begin by counting her 10 Grammys or 55 nominations. All the remembrances began with the lives she changed. People remembered the children who received free books because her father never learned to read. They remembered the jobs she created in the mountains that raised her and the…
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The classic line from the Spider-Man show was, “Lookout! Here comes the Spider-Man.” And so, Spider-Man punched a white supremacist. Fist to cheese. For some exhausted by racism and intimidation, the image probably felt satisfying. But there is a problem that extends beyond superheroes and comic books. The white supremacist wants the punch. He wants…
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Yesterday, I did not expect my blog to generate a front-page story in The Chronicle of Higher Education, much less one involving an Ivy League president. But that is exactly what happened after Columbia University President Jennifer Mnookin’s “slip of the thumb” accidentally liked my LinkedIn post responding to Tyler Austin Harper’s essays in The…
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Today, Stanford Graduate School of Education announced that I will receive its 2026 Alumni Excellence in Education Award. The award recognizes alumni whose research, teaching, leadership, and entrepreneurship have advanced education and strengthened communities. I am deeply humbled that my former doctoral advisor, Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, nominated me and that Stanford selected me for this…
Cloaking Inequity 
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