{education stories}

What to Believe in the Digital World (external link)
The News Literacy Project helps secondary school students separate fact from fiction online.

Teach Yourself to Be Happier (external link)
Writer Gretchen Rubin shares tips from her Happiness Project.

Rapping Math Teachers Bring It (external link)
Students get schooled in math lessons put to a hip-hop beat.

{magazine features}

Waldorf-Inspired Public Schools Are on the Rise (external link)
The John Morse Waldorf Methods School, in Sacramento, California, provides a different vision of education, complete with art, music, and movement. Published in Edutopia

We're Outta Here: Why Women Leave Big Firms
Genevieve S. Orta is the type of young attorney firms want to hire and keep.
Cover story published in California Lawyer

Mammal: The Koala
The koala sleeps all day, waking up from a series of naps to munch
on eucalyptus trees.
Published in The Believer

{interview}

Steve Barr's Answers for School Reform (external link)
Green Dot's founder, who led the turnaround of the toughest school in Los Angeles, discusses his ideas on how to fix a failing system.
Published in Edutopia

{personal essays}

Just Watching the Hippies
Harriet the Spy called to me.
Life Stories column published in the Independent (London)

Sorry, am I in your way?
“What would I give up sex for? God...” I overhear a woman trail off at a Sunset Strip coffee house.
Life Stories column published in the Independent (London)

 

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