Category: Commentary
It’s time to set a bold vision for higher education in California
Escalating federal actions are shaking the foundations of higher education: college presidents ousted, research grants revoked midstream, and DEI initiatives […]
August 19, 2025
I faked reading in third grade. Too many Black kids still have to
One hundred eighty-five pages. That’s the length of Culver City Unified School District’s LCAP — our Local Control Accountability Plan. […]
August 5, 2025
Justice for decades-old crimes is costing today’s students
Across California, school districts are confronting an impossible truth: the cost of justice for past wrongs is being paid out […]
July 21, 2025
Districts need more options to ensure stability, continuity for students
As a former teacher and principal, and a current school board member, I am intimately familiar with the impact of […]
July 1, 2025
The missing element in Cal State’s big investment in AI
A recent New York Times investigation revealed OpenAI’s ambition to make artificial intelligence the “core infrastructure” of higher education. In […]
June 23, 2025
Community college math policy: Balancing big picture gains and classroom struggles
Is this a picture of something bad, or something good? Cognitive scientists call this the global-local processing dilemma: Do we […]
June 17, 2025