Media, Speaking

Speaking 

• MOST RECENT
  • Learning & The Brain Conference, San Francisco, Feb. 16-17, 2018
  • CA Teachers of the Year conference, Sacramento, Feb. 13, 2018
  • California Teachers Summit, San Francisco State University, 7/28/17
    • video / text
  • San Mateo County School Boards Association, 5/5/17
  • CTA Institute for Teaching, 3/17/17 (video)

Other speaking engagements

• Videos
  • “Flipped Instruction, or Flipped Accountability? Seeking Equity in Public Education” – Lightning talk at Stanford Graduate School of Education, 4/25/16.
  • Diane Ravitch Lecture; Introduction by David Cohen – Stanford University, 9/30/13
  • Teaching Quality and California’s Future – Sacramento policy briefing by multiple organizations, 1/20/12
• Conference presentations: California Association of Teachers of English; Learning Forward (formerly National Staff Development Council); National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; California Teacher Union Reform Network; Palo Alto Unified School District.
• Other invitations to speak/present: California Teachers of the Year; U.S. Department of Education Commission on Equity and Excellence (prepared remarks [PDF]); Facing History and Ourselves; California Teachers Association (Institute for Professional Development; Institute for Teaching); National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Riverside County Office of Education Teacher Leadership Certification Academy; League of Women Voters (San Mateo Co.); San Mateo County School Boards Association; Educate Our State.

Newspaper op-eds

• Student test scores a poor measure of a teacher – San Francisco Chronicle, 11/1/11
• Test scores poor tool for teacher evaluation – with Alex Kajitani; Sacramento Bee, 9/3/09
• Fire teachers, or fix the system? – with Alex Kajitani; San Diego Union-Tribune, 8/12/10
• Let educators help improve teacher quality – with Sandra Dean; Sacramento Bee, 1/20/12

Articles 

California Educator (magazine of the California Teachers Association)

•  What’s the best way to handle challenging parents? (October 2013)

TES (British education magazine)

• Leadership – Schools are our business, we’ll decide – 7/19/13
• The issue – The end is in sight, so aim for a sprint finish – 6/13/14

EdWeek Teacher (and formerly, Teacher Magazine)

• No Value Added: The Mismeasurement of Teaching Quality – 4/28/10
• A Status Check – 3/25/08
• Teaching Secrets: Establishing Your Professional Identity – 8/15/07 (reprinted in Brazil’s Profissão Mestre)

Blogging (other than this site)

• Capturing the Spark – EdWeek Teacher (2015-2017)
• Road Trips in Education – EdWeek Teacher (2014-15)
• InterACT – group blog by Accomplished California Teachers (2010-14)
• The Standard – group blog from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• CalTURN – posts for the Teacher Union Reform Network, California regional

Re-posts

Over fifty of my blog posts have been re-posted by the National Education Policy Center (University of Colorado); several others have appeared at The Answer Sheet (Washington Post).

Guest blog posts (and similar web-only publications)

• Which path to excellence in education? – with Rachel Norton; BeyondChron.org, 10/13/11
• Teacher Leadership As A School Improvement Strategy – Shanker Blog, 2/19/13
• Why rank schools? – Thoughts on Public Education, 12/19/11 (second contribution on page)
• Live from NBPTS – series for EdWeek covering the 2009 National Board conference.

Interviewed or quoted

Articles, blog posts (partial list)

• Finding the ‘spark’ in public education – Palo Alto Weekly, 2/17/17
• Capturing the Spark: An Interview with David B. Cohen – Larry Ferlazzo, 12/27/16
• Teacher traveled statewide to capture the spark in California classrooms – EdSource, 12/22/16
• Educator takes blog on the road – California Educator, Dec. 2014 edition (pp. 20-21)
• What energizes great teachers? Palo Alto teacher goes on road trip to find out – Palo Alto Online, 9/29/14
• Why that ruling against teacher tenure won’t help your schoolchildren – L.A. Times; The Economy Hub blog, by Michael Hiltzik, 6/11/14
• Response: Race To The Top Has Been A ‘Fiasco’ – Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo – EdWeek Blog, 07/28/14 
• District Bans Discussion of Ferguson Protests, Citing Opinionated Teachers – Teaching Now – EdWeek, 08/21/14 
• Report: Transform teaching by providing career opportunities – EdSource Today, 11/19/12
• Focus on equity in states’ funding – Thoughts on Public Education, 4/25/11
• Listen to good advice, Jerry Brown – EdSource Today, 11/4/10
• Should California teachers be graded by students’ scores? – San Jose Mercury News, 9/7/10

Radio

• Palo Alto Teacher Finds Engagement Across California’s Public Schools – Forum, KQED-FM San Francisco, 12/29/16
• Evaluating Teachers – Forum, KQED-FM San Francisco, 8/18/10
• Evaluating the New Common Core Educational Standards – Forum, KQED-FM San Francisco, 8/1/13
• The KPFA Evening News (Weekend) – 2/22/14 – 6:00pm (begins at 14:20)
• As students return, teachers grapple with how to talk about Ferguson – Morning Shift, WBEZ-FM Chicago, 8/29/14

Podcasts (partial list)

• Bedley Bros. Edchat, with Scott and Tim Bedley, Nov. 2017
• BAM! Radio Network, with Rae Pica, Jan. 2015
• Education Now Podcast, with Athena Melville, 7/11/13

Books – acknowledgments or quotations

• Getting Teacher Evaluation Right – Linda Darling-Hammond
• Teaching 2030 – Barnett Berry
• The Influence of Teachers – John Merrow
• The Gift of Failure – Jessica Lahey