The Highlighter By Mark Isero The best of the week on race, education, and culture. 516 subscribers 193 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh
#190 Apr 25, 2019 #190: Fixer Upper America – Happy Thursday, loyal readers! This week it hit me: There are two types of Americans — those who like
#189 Apr 18, 2019 #189: The Case for Integration – Most Americans say they want their children to attend a racially diverse school. But in reality, scho
#188 Apr 11, 2019 #188: White Tears – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome to The Highlighter! This week’s issue promises more than a
#187 Apr 4, 2019 #187: Bang, Bang, in a Boy Voice – Hi there, and greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where somehow it’s cold and nobody told me it woul
#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
