New York Times
Motherlode author index
The Well author index
“How to Lower Your Child’s Risk of Addiction”
"The Downside of Checking Kids' Grades Constantly"
"To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions"
"3 Things School Counselors Want You to Know About Their Jobs"
"Letting Happiness Flourish in the Classroom"
"Why Students Lie, and Why We Fall for It"
"When Children Say 'I Can't,' but They Can, and Adults Know It"
"When a Child's Project Shows a Parental Hand at Work"
"Give Late Blooming Children the Time They Need"
"Helping Children Balance School and Fun"
"Parenting, Not for the Moment, but for the Long Haul"
"Teenagers, Dealing With Addiction, on What Might Have Helped"
Washington Post
“How a Hot Sauce Themed YouTube Show Helped Me Get to Know My Kids Better”
“Back to School in a Pandemic: A guide to all the factors keeping parents and educators up at night”
“Fewer Teens Are Drinking, But a Group of Pediatricians Is Begging Parents to Be Vigilant.”
“How Outrage Over Relatively Uncommon Threats Can Hijack Parents’ Common Sense”
“The Big Problem with Rewarding Kids for Good Grades and Punishing them for Bad Ones”
"The Search for a Non-Alcoholic Beer That's Actually Worth Drinking"
"This is Why It's So Hard to Help With Your Kids' Math Homework"
"As a teacher, I always worry about my students. School shootings bring on new nightmares"
PBS Parents
"The Importance of Household Chores"
“How to Help With Homework Without Hovering”
Fatherly
“The Student I Loved and the Woman He Attacked”
Other Work
Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution: "Class Participation: Let's Talk About It"
American Camp Association magazine, "While Goodbye is Never Enough for Me, It's Perfect for Him"
Room for Debate at the New York Times, "Autonomy Works Best for the Classroom"
The Atlantic
"How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School"
"The Failing First Line of Defense"
"Educating an Original Thinker"
"Teaching, Like Performing Magic"
"Ensuring Educational Stability for Foster Kids"
"How Loneliness Wears on the Body"
"When Success Leads to Failure"
"How Stephen King Teaches Writing"
"Should Teachers Be Allowed to Touch Students?"
"Teaching Math to People Who Think They Hate It"
"Mythbusters: Teaching Through Wonder - and Failure"
"How Family Game Night Makes Kids Into Better Students"
Creative Nonfiction
Air Mail
“As Maine Goes”
”All In”
”Open Sesame”
”Dog Days”
”School of Thought”
WBUR Cognoscenti
"New Hampshire is Not Alone in Trump's 'Drug-Infested Den'"
Vermont Public Radio
Author Index:
"Was THAT So Difficult?"
"Picking Raspberries"
"Laundry 2.0"
"Learning to Win"
"Green Wood"
YourTeen Magazine
On college admissions: "It's Their Journey, Not Yours"
Review of Slam, written with Finn Lahey
Review of Dear Evan Hansen, written with Mina Jones
Review of Wonder, written with Ben Lahey
Review of Echo, written with Finn Lahey
Review of The Hate U Give, written with Mina Jones
Review of As You Wish, written with Finn Lahey
Review of Scythe, written with Finn Lahey
Review of I’ll Give You the Sun, with Mina Jones