Banned books, censorship, and other assaults on free speech in school. What’s a teacher or author to do? In this blog, I discuss two defining legal cases on the topic and offer strategies for defending challenged content.

What’s more fun than listening to podcasts? Being a guest on one.

I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed on two educational podcasts on the following shows. I hope you’ll take a listen.

It’s December, and that means K-12 students and their families will be celebrating Hannukah, Christmas, and other religious holidays. It also means that school officials wonder if they can discuss religious beliefs, display related decorations, or include sacred music in holiday concernts. This blog offers some answers.

Growth is the sacred cow of economic policy, a goal fueled by this unquestioned premise: Unlimited growth is both desirable (because it’s always beneficial) and possible (because nothing can contain human ambitions). It’s an alluring narrative. But do the storytellers realize they’re spinning science fiction?

From theories of intelligence to place-based learning to curriculum design, my Learning for Social Change course at the University of Michigan takes students from theory to practice as they become educators for sustainability and social justice.