Living in dialogue

When lost in the woods, the first rule is “hug a tree.”  In other words, slow down, confront your fears, regain your calm and think prudently about getting back on track.

When trapped in the urban crises of today, we should first hug each other, converse with each other, and then hug the tree of knowledge. In the case of the Baltimore tragedy and the challenge of improving urban schools, we should tap the wisdom the Johns Hopkins Everyone Graduates Center which, I believe, is one of the two greatest education policy research centers in the world...