Two weeks ago, when I watched Amanda Gorman read her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb,” I felt inspired and excited. Like many Americans, I saw a young woman who had somehow found the words to comfort, uplift, and inspirit Americans during a time of great political division and in…

Recently, The New York Times published an article that posed the question, “Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning?” As an example of what we’ve lost as schools have gone online, journalist Ginia Bellafante highlighted the work of one New York City principal, Wendy Poveda. Before the…

Last month, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the New York Times and other news outlets ran stories about how far we’ve come since the days when people with disabilities were systematically denied basic human rights. …