For print publications
Disarm Your Critics By Consulting Them: Advice for new teachers in a contentious time
Student-Centered Teaching, Teacher-Centered Leadership: An administrator walks the walk
Observing Eleanor: Enlightening moments with a Harvard professor in her element
"I Started Out by Not Talking to Anyone...": A teacher comes out to his students
Questions and Answers: Fourth graders debate progressive principles
For online publications
Reimagining a Flipped Classroom: Teachers as listeners; learners as explainers
Messing Up: How grades can get in the way of learning
The Real Game of Research: Behind the scenes of an exploratory project for middle school
Objectively Speaking: Why teachers shouldn't write lesson objectives on the board
Sparking Conversation: Reporting vs. reflection in student journaling
Being a Gay Teacher: An interview
Speeches and talks
Intent and Impact: Reconciling our Jewish identity with our whiteness in America
Tributes to Family: Three speeches honoring my parents and grandmother
Coming Out of the Closet: Symbolism, metaphor, and the power of telling our stories
Other writings
Beliefs about Teaching and Learning: An archive of philosophy statements
They Talked, But They Had No Voice: Critiquing a superficially interactive history lesson
The Language We Choose: A case for less provocative terminology
Thinking Outside the Rubric: Grappling with alternatives to traditional grading
What It's Like: Reflections from a white man on temporarily being in the minority