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Introduction In her book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Robin Wall-Kimmerer writes: They are all around me, Cedar Waxwings and Catbirds and a flash of Bluebird iridescence. I have never felt such a kinship to my namesake, Robin, as in this moment when we are both stuffing our mouths with berries…
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Introduction The Department of Education (ED) plays a critical and indispensable role in our national K-12 education system. Dismantling and dispersing its responsibilities among other federal agencies will likely widen the gaps between “red” and “blue” states in meeting students’ educational needs. The ED fulfills its role as a federal bridge in areas where states…
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To evaluate the necessity of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) solely through the lens of stagnant National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores is to mistake a single downstream metric for the health of an entire ecosystem. Critics frequently cite flat 30-year trends in reading and math in the United States as evidence of…
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Near the very end of Braiding Sweetgrass, published in 2013, Robin Wall-Kimmerer writes in her chapter titled Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire about the hidden mystery of ‘fire’ for indigenous peoples. Lighting a fire is a sacred process, one that tribal members learn early on in life from their elders. Her father taught her…
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Introduction I was watching the news the other night and was again confronted with devastating flooding, this time in the Northeast, and extremely uncomfortable temperatures and humidity plaguing the World Cup 2026 matches in New York/New Jersey. As a scientist and educator, I follow the scientific evidence and thinking on the question: Is climate change…
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