Anticipating the 50^th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, I wrote an op-ed that the Baltimore Sun published this month, with Indian Americans a particular example.

After reading the anti-refugee open letter of a “Tea Party Patriot,” I wrote an op-ed in response. The op-ed is available via Medium as well as Connecticut Viewpoints.

In a recent compilation of “celebrations,” the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) included the work of NHPS teachers who participated as Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Fellows in 2015.  The Fellows, working as colleagues in small-group seminars led by Yale faculty members in the humanities and sciences, developed curricular resources available to teachers throughout the district and beyond. 

Teachers across the NHPS are invited to speak with their school colleagues who serve as Institute representatives, disseminating the curricular resources and encouraging suggestions of potential seminar topics for the Institute to address in the year ahead.

The Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven has news about its new board members and plans for a November 19 Literacy Forum.

From the Charleston church murders to the recent community college atrocity in Oregon, horrific gun violence – including mass shootings – are all too common.