Selected Writing

I write about SPS decision-making as a way to increase public awareness and engagement with our schools. Here are a few highlights:

A silver scale holds fifteen young adult novels on the heavy side, and four on the light side (with half of one being plucked away by a hand). In the background is a faded, torn copy of the cover of the novel The Marrow Thieves.

Excerpts over excellence: How Seattle Public Schools is preventing middle school teachers from teaching full-length books

May 29, 2026

The SPS 6-8 ELA curriculum doesn't include full books. Teachers are getting in trouble for teaching them anyway. How did we get here?

A photo of a SaferWatch poster in an SPS hallway. The poster headline reads, "See something, send something."

SaferWatch Raises Privacy Concerns, Invites Intrusive Surveillance at SPS

April 1, 2026

The introduction of SaferWatch to the SPS community raises questions about privacy, law enforcement surveillance, security, and costs.

A street-level photo of the front of the JSCEE (John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence), which is where Seattle Public Schools is headquartered.

ICE Protections on SPS Campuses

Jan 21, 2026

A compendium of SPS district policies and how they play out in schools. I wrote this during the beginnings of school-adjacent ICE violence in Minneapolis, and before SPS clarified its own policies in response to public concern.