A piece I wrote last year for the Hechinger Report, which is devoted to exposing inequity and innovation in education, has gotten some shine. The story below was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as a first-place winner for Public Affairs Reporting / Non-Dailies in its 66th annual Green Eyeshades Awards, given to the best journalism [...]
What an incredible emotional roller-coaster it's been working on this book with Bobby Brown. We started two years ago, when Bobby was in Atlanta for several weeks preparing to go on tour with New Edition. I spent time with him and the entire group and felt like he was in a very good place. But [...]
Here's my latest feature on education in Mississippi, focusing on the state's initiative to make third graders repeat third grade if they fail a standardized reading test. After decades of severe underfunding of schools, this is one of the cruelest uses of a standardized "gates" test in recent education history. Produced for the Hechinger Report, [...]
