Powell BergerinBRIGHT MagazineWhy I Home-Schooled My KidsConvention has us outsourcing our children’s education — sending them off to kindergarten and expecting them college-ready by senior year…Jul 24, 20176Jul 24, 20176
Powell BergerinBRIGHT MagazineIn the True Spirit of Aloha, One Poor Community Is Working Together To Educate Its KidsFrom teachers to medical clinics to a homeless encampment, the people of one rural Hawaii coast are giving students what they need to stay…Jul 10, 2017Jul 10, 2017
Powell BergerRaising Kids — Advice For My NieceIn her Atlantic article, The American Obsession With Parenting, Alia Wong opened with a fact that astonished me:Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017
Powell BergerinBRIGHT MagazineOne Man’s Quest To Rid Teachers Of Unconscious BiasStereotypes about students get in the way of learning. Can a training program change that?Jan 13, 20172Jan 13, 20172
Powell BergerLooking Back for InspirationBack in April, I attended AWP for the first time. The annual meeting of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs is absolutely as…Nov 13, 2016Nov 13, 2016
Powell BergerHatred, Fear, and Body Shaming Can’t Win — An Open Letter to Dani MathersI know tomorrow is Election Day, and like everyone I know, I’m crippled with fear of the outcome, what comes next for my country.Nov 7, 20161Nov 7, 20161
Powell BergerMaking America Great Again — Then and NowI was born in Batesville, Mississippi in May 1963, a few short months before the Kennedy assassination, the final year of TV’s hit “Father…Sep 17, 2016Sep 17, 2016
Powell BergerHillary’s Stumble — A Warrior’s CryI’ve never met Hillary Clinton, but I know her. I am her, just like so many other women of a certain age.Sep 12, 201610Sep 12, 201610