Tag: writing

Leverage Isn’t The Problem, Entitlement Is

College basketball has always been a business, the difference now is the players finally have leverage. That part is overdue. Still, the money can’t be an excuse to erase the principles the game is built on: compete, earn it, be coachable, be accountable. When the first questions in recruiting are about guarantees instead of development, it signals a shift that’s bigger than NIL, it’s a culture problem. Pay the players, absolutely. Then demand the same thing the sport has always demanded, effort, discipline, and the willingness to be coached.

Turning Stories Into Proof: How To Make Narrative Count As Data In Schools

Narrative is not the soft side of education. It is evidence. It is the living pulse inside the data we claim to honor. When a student finally asks a peer for help, when a family sees independence taking root at home, when a young person takes a step forward that no scoreboard will ever measure, those moments are the data. The job is not to shrink stories to fit spreadsheets. The job is to structure the story so clearly, so precisely, so truthfully, that no one can deny its weight. Story becomes measurement. Observation becomes evidence. Growth becomes visible.

Fixed For Who

An email exchange revealing concerns about a potentially manipulated Request for Proposal (RFP) process in Rhode Island's education sector. Gatekeeping, "Statewide" Work, and Black Kids in Washington Somebody in Rhode Island hit send on an email that most people in education politics only say out loud behind closed doors. "It's a fixed RFP, but luckily … Continue reading Fixed For Who →

Community Partners Are Multipliers

Partnerships work best when they are local, accountable, and organized. Build a partner database that centers Black-owned and community-owned businesses, secures MOUs and DSAs that comply with FERPA, matches students by IEP supports and interests, tracks paid hours and outcomes, and publishes a quarterly dashboard. System beats heroics.

Gil’s Arena Became The Arena: My Mixed Feelings, The Business Logic, The Blueprint For Keeping Your Name

Gil’s Arena becoming The Arena is the trade every creator faces. Scale asks for control. Distribution asks for a piece. The only way to grow without losing yourself is to design independence on paper. Keep the marks in your house. Keep the episode library. Set vetoes on casting, cuts, and sponsors. Finance growth with recoupable guarantees and time‑boxed terms so expansion does not erase identity. That is how you partner for muscle and still keep your name.

Rewriting the Narrative: Changing the Language of Special Education

Language in Special Education is not neutral. Terms like “case manager” and “caseload” mirror the criminal justice system, not a learning community. This is a clear connection between SPED and carceral culture. I choose Advocate and Student Roster, because our students are people, not files. Change the language, change the culture.