The Highlighter By Mark Isero The best of the week on race, education, and culture. 512 subscribers 189 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Are you a robot? 🤖
#186 Mar 28, 2019 #186: Vanishing Youth Violence – Youth violence is way down, especially in California. But that doesn’t mean juvenile halls are closin
#185 Mar 21, 2019 #185: White Nationalism Is Deeply American – This week’s lead article about the roots of white nationalism in the United States came to my attenti
#184 Mar 14, 2019 #184: The Problem with Growth Mindset – The college admissions scandal riveted our attention this week, and several loyal readers reached out
#183 Mar 7, 2019 #183: The Whitest News You Know – For a very long time, I have loved journalism and believed in its quest for truth. Every morning as a
#182 Feb 28, 2019 #182: How America Remembers – My first year of teaching, I challenged my students to create museum exhibits of the atomic bombing o
#181 Feb 21, 2019 #181: The Color of Money 💵 – If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? Many people say they’d share the jackpot wi
#180 Feb 14, 2019 #180: This Too Was History – What should students learn about in their U.S. History class? That’s the question at the heart of thi
#179 Feb 7, 2019 #179: Health as Resistance – We’re in the middle of an age of activism. Teachers are striking, women are marching, people are prot
#178 Jan 31, 2019 #178: Capitalism Is Eating Its Young – In the middle of my teaching career, many of my students stopped believing in the promise of college.
#177 Jan 24, 2019 #177: When Best Isn’t Enough 🎓 – Happy Thursday! I’m happy to report that our reading community continues to grow. For the second week
#176 Jan 17, 2019 #176: The Weight I Carry – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome! Last week’s Highlighter was the most popular issue ever.
#175 Jan 10, 2019 #175: Millennials Are Burned Out – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome! I get to work with teachers, which makes me happy, and a
#174 Jan 3, 2019 #174: The Way Home 🏡 – Happy New Year! I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the holiday season. Did you get as much rest and relaxa
#173 Dec 13, 2018 #173: The Best Articles of the Year 🏆 – Today’s issue marks the end of the third year of The Highlighter. We’ve built a robust community of 5
#172 Dec 6, 2018 #172: “I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother” – Happy Thursday, welcome to December, thank you for opening today’s issue, and please stop what you’re
#171 Nov 29, 2018 #171: Leaving Barrio 18 – Happy Thursday, loyal readers! Today’s issue includes insightful pieces on the horrors of gang life i
#170 Nov 22, 2018 #170: Haunted Dream House – Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for reading The Highlighter every week and for making this community a
