Saying Goodbye to 2006

Aired on KQED's The California Report, December 29, 2006
co-produced with Reid Pillifant, voiced by host Scott Shafer
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061224

Filipino Parol Festival

Aired on KQED's The California Report December 22, 2006
co-produced with Reid Pillifant, voiced by host Scott Shafer
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061217

For lots of Californians, the holiday season means picking out a Christmas tree, lighting the family's menorah or hanging a decorative wreath on the front door. But for some Filipino-Americans, a different image ushers in the holiday season: a homemade, five-pointed lantern called a parol.

Hunger 101

Aired on KQED's The California Report, November 19, 2006
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061119

Food banks across the state will be distributing millions of pounds of food during the holiday season alone. The San Francisco Food Bank will give away 3 million pounds, much of it to people like those represented in its Hunger 101 program.

In Defense of Homework

Published on Edutopia.org on October 19, 2006

http://www.edutopia.org/defense-homework

Well-respected writers like Alfie Kohn make sound arguments against assigning students homework. In this article, I explain why I stand behind the homework I gave in my twelve years of public school teaching.

Halfway Liking "Half Nelson"

Published on Edutopia.org September 13, 2006

http://www.edutopia.org/halfway-liking-half-nelson

With help from my friends and fellow teaching veterans Tanya Friedman and Denise Savoy, I critique the film "Half Nelson," about the relationship between a drug-addicted white teacher and a neglected but resiliant black student.