Published Articles
A selection of published articles, by topic:
Education
California has one of nation’s highest gaps in Hispanic-white reading proficiency (3-part series), Hechinger Report, October 24, 2011. Also published by California Watch.
A For-Profit Approach to Head Start, Hechinger Report, May 23, 2011. Also published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, A1.
Repeat Performance, Hechinger Report, October 7, 2010. Also published in the American Prospect.
New York City: Big gains in the Big Apple, Hechinger Report, July 6, 2010. Also published in Washington Monthly, and finalist for a Deadline Club Award for Magazine Writing
Beyond the Diploma Mills, Newsweek International, December 13, 2008
The British Have Arrived: They’re Reviewing City Schools, The New York Sun, February 13, 2007 Tuesday, p. A3
Immigration
In a Suburban Gangland, Young Lives Cut Short, The New York Times, June 19, 2009, (Book adaption)
As If The Economic News Is Not Bad Enough, War Is Up Too, Newsweek International, October 25, 2008
Voice of Bronx Immigrant Group Accused of Defrauding Clients, New York Times, May 1, 2006, p. B1
Group Teaches Immigrants About AIDS, Hoping to Head off a Crisis, The New York Times, August 8, 2006, p. B6
Criminal Justice
Cocaine: A Thriving Industry, Newsweek International, November 11, 2008
Complaints Highlight Kelly’s Delicate Balance, The New York Sun, June 27, 2007, p. A1
Gang Planks: Pols Push Tougher Policing for City’s Gang Problem, The Village Voice, Jan. 21-27, 2004, p. 21
Other
Way Off the Beaten Path: Tourists Are Drawn to Off-beat Attractions, Newsweek, May 8, 2009
Midtown Mayhem as Pipe Eruption Kills One, Injures Many, The New York Sun, July 19, 2007, p. A1
Giuliani Ex-Aide Works for Firm on Demolition, The New York Sun, August 29, 2007, p. A1
