Activating Young Leaders To Create a World Where Hate Cannot Flourish

One of the best things about my new job is the extent to which I’ve been able to think deeply Continue reading →

The Promise of Libraries Tranforming Communities

Sometimes I wish that information specialists ruled the world. After all, people who know how to find and access information, Continue reading →

The Paradox of Being Mean

How refreshing to see my alma mater, Harvard Ed School, welcome Lady Gaga to campus to launch the Born this Continue reading →

In-Between Two Worlds: From Print to Digital

This is a version of the presentation I made at the January 22, 2012  “One Book, One State” event which Continue reading →

MacArthur Foundation v New York Times

I’ve been surreptitiously enjoying the ongoing “spat” of sorts between the MacArthur Foundation and Matt Richtel and other New York Continue reading →

Picking a Fight

I’ve never thought of myself as the kind of person to pick a fight. I do like to deeply engage Continue reading →

Big Ideas from September

Here’s a short visualization of some of the big ideas we’ve been unpacking during the first month in my New Continue reading →

Building Bridges and Identifying Distinctions

I’ve been trying to build bridges between digital literacy and media literacy for a bit of time now because the Continue reading →