Family Separation Is Systemic and Devastating

The image of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos standing at the knees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, dressed in a blue bunny snow hat and a Spiderman backpack, recently spurred national outrage. Liam and his father were taken into custody in their Minneapolis suburb shortly after arriving home on January 20, 2026. Both were […]

What Does It Take to Make Systemic Change in Education?

In 2017, Brent Malicote, the associate superintendent at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), asked superintendent Dave Gordon for $35,000 to try something small. The plan was simple: bring Sacramento educators together for a community of practice on social-emotional learning (SEL). He didn’t know if anyone would show up, but the free event quickly […]