Lit from within

by | Oct 17, 2012 | Write Thinking

Already her images are starting to disappear from media coverage, the courageous 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot for insisting on having her education. Malala Yousufzai has been in my thoughts a lot and, as is my way, I decided to process it through writing....

A vote for elite and educated

by | Oct 29, 2010 | Write Thinking

All this election talk disparaging intellectualism and education right on the heels of a national conversation about the value of education because of the film Waiting for Superman and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s award to the Newark school system makes me...

Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg

by | Sep 29, 2010 | Write Thinking

Last week the buzz was all about education as the film Waiting for Superman was released — what an eye-opener! — and it was announced that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was donating $100 million to Newark schools. Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey...

Schooled

by | May 10, 2009 | Write Thinking

Still reeling from my 7-year-old nephew, the Google-ing machine. He loves to watch Van Gogh’s Starry Night set to music on YouTube. He is also well-versed in something I am not — classical music. He hears a melody and knows Beethoven from Mozart from...