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MY LATEST WRITING

Letters from the Future (of Learning)

MY FAVORITE COLUMNS

(in no particular order)

  1. Amidst the Trees, A School Grows in Chicago (Medium, April 2020)
  2. The Most Famous Nursery Schools in the World — and What They Can Teach Us (Medium, November 2018)
  3. To Reimagine Education, We Must Make Ourselves the Target (Huffington Post, May 2015)
  4. Don’t Believe the Hype — About College (Huffington Post, April 2011)
  5. To Measure Success in America’s Schools, Count the Flamingos (samchaltain.com, September 2017)
  6. Are We Putting the (Knowledge) Cart Before the (Emotional) Horse? (Huffington Post, March 2012)
  7. We’re Failing to Prepare Our Kids for the Impending Robot Takeover (Washington Post, October 2014)
  8. The Beautiful Struggle (samchaltain.com, April 2016)
  9. A Town Where a School Bus is More Than a Bus (New York Times, February 2015)
  10. Ghosts in the Testing Machine (Huffington Post, May 2016)
  11. In New York, A Tale of Two Cities — & Two Selves (Huffington Post, March 2014)
  12. Epicenter (samchaltain.com, January 2012)
  13. (Extra)Ordinary People (Education Week, June 2015)
  14. Dear White People: We Are All Atticus Finch (Huffington Post, July 2016)
  15. The Moral Limits of School Choice (Education Week, October 2013)
  16. What Plato Would Think of School Choice (samchaltain.com, September 2011)
  17. Let’s End the Battle of the Edu-Tribes (Huffington Post, May 2011)
  18. Donald Trump, Westworld & The Future of American Democracy (samchaltain.com, November 2016)
  19. Westworld, Whiteness & the Future of American Democracy (samchaltain.com, May 2020)

HIDDEN BONUS TRACKS

  1. The Rally to Restore Sanity . . . Or Anoint a Magic Helper? (samchaltain.com, October 2010)
  2. Why I Like Mad Men (Huffington Post, May 2010)