Winding up for a talk at the Pioneer Institute

I may be nuts to have agreed to be on a panel that the Pioneer Institute is hosting, which Ed Hirsch is headlining (author of many books about core curriculum), but I’m not sure it does much good to just ignore the rhetoric of the conservatives. That is, after...

Lovely Lesley University

On March 1st I was invited to give a talk at Lesley University as part of their Centennial Year Celebration. I arrived on campus and immediately saw alum Rene Marrone (Theatre, 2009)…She was on her way to class and then off to tech for the play Taming of the...

An amazing talk, an amazing alum…

I have waited since 1998 for this moment to happen… An alum who would give back to Boston Arts Academy in ways that embody being an artist-scholar-citizen. Zakiyyah Sutton (2008) graduated being all three, (she was the senior class president, an accomplished...

L.A. and San Diego-with Photos!

Just as I’ve written many other times, the best part of this book tour is the opportunity to spread the BAA word with students and teachers. Thank you to science faculty member Ramiro Gonzalez for joining me on this journey and doing ALL the driving. Thank you to...

Hello from Sunny L.A.!

We are having a great time. It is sunny, warm and there are flowers blooming everywhere… Sunday morning, old friends hosted a wonderful book party brunch with about 60 people, The students’ presentation on RICO was brilliant. We sold all of our books and...