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…8 min read·Jul 24, 2017--6--6
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…16 min read·Jul 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:8 min read·Mar 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?16 min read·Jan 13, 2017--2--2
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…5 min read·Nov 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.4 min read·Nov 7, 2016--1--1
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…6 min read·Sep 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.3 min read·Sep 12, 2016--10--10