Category: Wisdom
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This title will make sense by the end of the article. I promise. I recently faced an ideological struggle—not the kind that makes headlines, but the quiet, deeply personal kind on Zoom that unsettles your spirit. It wasn’t marked by shouting matches or viral soundbites—just the slow, sobering realization that people who meant good were…
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Today, I turn 50. And while I could use this milestone to share a baby photo highlight reel or reflect on my personal journey (don’t worry, there will be cake), I want to mark this birthday in a different way. Because I haven’t made it to 50 by staying quiet—and I’m not starting now. Turning…
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The opening question at our Schott Foundation governing board meeting stopped me in my tracks. It didn’t come from a superintendent or a consultant. It came from Kyle Serrette, a national education strategist with the NEA and someone who’s spent decades pushing for equity-centered systems change. He asked: “What have you failed at?” Let that…
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They show up during floods. They show up during wildfires. And if you’re really lucky, they show up when you’re holding a cardboard sign asking not to be tear-gassed. Yes, we’re talking about the National Guard—Trump’s most predictable tantrum accessory since Sharpie edits on hurricane maps. The National Guard is once again making headlines by…
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In the 1987 sci-fi thriller Predator, a group of elite soldiers enters the jungle expecting a standard mission. What they encounter instead is a hyper-advanced alien killer—a being with cloaking technology, thermal vision, and a twisted code of warfare. The Predator doesn’t fight head-on. It tracks. It records. It studies. It waits. Then it strikes—one target…
Cloaking Inequity 