Mt. Lebanon, PA., residents have formed their camps

12 Aug 202015 Apr 2021

The community in which I live has formed camps. As you might guess, the argument involves whether our K-12 school buildings should open at the end of this month, which…

Make up YOUR OWN mind about how your child(ren) will be educated this year

2 Aug 202015 Apr 2021

Parents, the calendar has turned to August; and that means if you have a choice as to how your child(ren) will be educated this year, it’s time for YOU to…

An open letter to Scott Galloway

21 Jul 2020

Scott, Enough. Your peddling of doom -- and the worst example was your recent analysis suggesting that roughly 90 U.S. colleges and institutions could close because of coronavirus -- serves…

The missing piece of the coronavirus conversation on too many of our college campuses

20 Jul 202020 Jul 2020

"This fall, we plan to..." "Our intention is to begin the fall semester by..." "While paying attention to health conditions, we have decided that the fall term will..." Statements such…

K-12 online this year? Yes. Full stop.

17 Jul 202015 Apr 2021

If your community resembles the one in which I live, then you know there’s a fierce debate about whether the local K-12 school buildings should reopen next month to allow…

Easing faculty members’ minds as fears of lengthy closed campuses fester

14 Apr 2020

The question is being asked all across the country: Will coronavirus again require all of us to teach off-campus in the fall? Or, in an even more unsettling option, will…

An open letter to all college faculty

29 Mar 202028 Mar 2020

Coronavirus has turned this semester into the most unusual one any of us has ever experienced. Nevertheless, we advance, just a little bit more each day, in ensuring that the…

Post-coronavirus normal?

21 Mar 202020 Mar 2020

What will our communities look like once coronavirus is finally beaten? Ignore the super rich in this conversation; they will be the least disrupted by the economic free fall associated…